by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 29, 2014 | Opinion
For folks who rarely see a good snow, a few inches of powder that doesn’t melt upon contact can make for exciting times. Local TV stations pre-empt scheduled programming for round-the-clock reports of traffic conditions while shivering reporters stand at empty...
by Jim Hill | Jan 29, 2014 | Opinion
Charles Sheldon wrote a book in 1896 titled “In His Steps.” It was subtitled “What Would Jesus Do?” The book grew out of a series of sermons he delivered in his congregation. The thrust of his book was that Jesus was not only our Savior, but...
by Doug Jackson | Jan 29, 2014 | Opinion
When I was a pastor, I regularly received fliers from various “consultants” who offered me a scheme to “fix” my church. I threw them all away. These patent nostrums purveyed various forms of organization that would transmogrify my congregation...
by Bill Wilson | Jan 28, 2014 | Opinion
I had a first-ever experience flying out of New York’s LaGuardia airport recently. The weather was deteriorating, but we boarded our flight on time and I had high hopes of getting out before things backed up. We pushed away from the gate when the captain...
by Darian Duckworth | Jan 28, 2014 | Opinion
Though I found my way to a Southern Baptist youth group and to ordination and pastoral ministry in the United Methodist Church of my infant baptism, my earliest memories of “church” were the charismatic movement of the 1980s. When I’m on vacation on...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 27, 2014 | Opinion
February is approaching, and with it the Martha Stearns Marshall Month of Preaching, when churches are encouraged to invite a woman to preach at some point (or more than one point) during the month. Those brave (and smart) churches that alreay have a woman pastor are...
