by Robert Parham | Nov 19, 2013 | Opinion
Comprehensive immigration reform in the current Congress appears dead, another painful reminder of how broken Washington is and another promising opportunity for the church to be the church. “[W]e have no intention of ever going to conference on the Senate...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 18, 2013 | Opinion
Sunrise on Jekyll Island’s Driftwood Beach during a staff retreat for Baptists Today … the beachfront on the northeast end of the island is a twisted mass of dead trees, some standing and some fallen, some unmoved for a hundred years, some washed ashore....
by Griff Martin | Nov 18, 2013 | Opinion
The fall in the publishing industry is known as the big important book season. It’s similar to all the award-winning movies coming out toward the end of the year. Every year about this time, important books and movies come out – the books and movies that are...
by Bill Ireland | Nov 18, 2013 | Opinion
On one of his many on-the-road trips, Charles Kuralt, the noted television journalist and writer, befriended George and June Butler, a couple in Vermont. The Butlers operated a small farm where they raised vegetables, flowers and sugared maple trees. Environmentally...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 16, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce It not unusual to see or hear a promotion to honor a certain profession: teaching, law enforcement, nursing, etc. Indeed there are persons within those professions who deserve our gratitude. Blanket recognitions, however, may be too encompassing....
by Chuck Summers | Nov 15, 2013 | Opinion
According to the story, President Lyndon B. Johnson was walking across the tarmac toward a plane when one of his assistants informed him that the plane he was walking toward was not his. LBJ’s response was, “They’re all mine, son.” Perhaps...
