by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 11, 2013 | Opinion
The third Sunday of Advent focuses on joy, but what is joy and where can it be found? Like many experiences in life joy is easier to identify than define, but perhaps it would be accurate to say that joy is what makes us smile, laugh and sometimes cry from an...
by Joe LaGuardia | Dec 10, 2013 | Opinion
Luanne poured another round of sweet tea as she told me about how caring for her mother affected her as a caregiver. When she placed the pitcher on the coffee table and settled back into her seat, I saw shadows under her eyes. The exhaustion was mounting, and the...
by Robert Parham | Dec 10, 2013 | Opinion
Apartheid was good. So said Curtis Caine, a director of the Christian Life Commission, later renamed the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Caine said on Sept. 14, 1988, that apartheid “doesn’t exist [any...
by Phillip Larsen | Dec 9, 2013 | Opinion
Brace yourselves. The calendar has turned over to December, which means that the inevitable discussion on the “War on Christmas” will soon see its opening salvo for 2013. It is inevitable. There will be an outrage by a prominent figure about how we have...
by Joe LaGuardia | Dec 9, 2013 | Opinion
Some economists are concerned about lost revenues during the holiday shopping season, and many others contend with the new healthcare laws. Meanwhile, a silent population of Americans – namely the 28 percent who provide care to loved ones – suffers from economic and...
by Colin Harris | Dec 9, 2013 | Opinion
Pope Francis issued his first official “apostolic exhortation” on Nov. 24, a lengthy reflection on the mission of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of the challenges of our time. It placed clear emphasis on the global challenge of economic...
