by Colin Harris | Dec 30, 2013 | Opinion
The confluence of Christmastime, the end of a calendar year and the beginning of a new one, tends to prompt a season of reflection. Various media provide us with reviews of the significant events and people from the closing year. Predictions abound of what the new...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 28, 2013 | Opinion
I’ve refrained from comment on the ongoing flap over “Duck Dynasty” partriarch Phil Robertson’s comments about homosexuality in part because it seemed that more than enough had been said, and in part because the whole thing just seemed too...
by Brad Stoddard (The Martin Marty Center: Sightings) | Dec 27, 2013 | Opinion
The state penitentiary in Angola, La., recently made headlines because it hosts an in-house seminary that offers a two-year associate degree in pastoral ministries and a four-year bachelor’s degree in theology. The curriculum includes a variety of courses such...
by Blake McKinney | Dec 27, 2013 | Opinion
Have you ever said something and then wished you hadn’t said it? The words come out and you immediately wish you could reel them back in. But the thing about words is that you can’t unsay them. It is like pulling the trigger and then wishing the bullet...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 24, 2013 | Opinion
I don’t have many Christmas traditions, but there is one thing I try to do every year: at some point during the Christmas season, I watch Emmett Otter’s Jugband Christmas. The 48-minute muppet special first aired in 1977, so it’s been a part of...
by Chuck Summers | Dec 24, 2013 | Opinion
A few Sundays ago, I came to see the Christmas story in a new light. My sister sent me a page from her daily devotional guide written by Gina Bridgeman, who pointed out that key players in the Christmas story were actually focused on elements of nature when they were...
