by Robert Parham | Sep 17, 2013 | Opinion
BBC News’ Africa page has a gem of a moral resource. It offers almost every day an African proverb. For example, a recent proverb from the Ashanti people, many of whom live in Ghana, read, “One who climbs a good tree always gets a good push.” Simple....
by Drew Smith | Sep 16, 2013 | Opinion
Fox16.com in Arkansas reported that the Sheridan School District in Sheridan, Ark., withdrew the invitation extended to a Muslim man to speak at the district’s middle school on Sept. 11 due to parental outrage. The news story quotes a woman identified as Kathy...
by Rob Nash | Sep 16, 2013 | Opinion
I just happened to be in Jerusalem on the day that Secretary of State John Kerry announced the resumption of peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians. My two-week visit was made possible by the Shalom Hartman Institute in Israel and the American Jewish...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 14, 2013 | Opinion
AP photo from foxnews.com, weapons from a gun buy-back program in Trenton, NJ.It’s enough to make you puke. As if North Carolina’s super-majority right-wing legislature hasn’t done enough to flaunt its power and make life harder for many of its...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 14, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce Classified advertising in our print news journal and online often helps ministers to know about open places of ministry. Our managing editor Jackie Riley does a good job of encouraging churches and other organizations to advertise such positions with...
by Chuck Warnock | Sep 13, 2013 | Opinion
Before social media, a “snail mail” letter to the editor of your local newspaper was about the only way to make your voice heard. Now Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, WordPress and Google+ make it easy for anyone to shout out their opinion on any...
