by Tony W. Cartledge | May 16, 2019 | Opinion
Wednesday was “Jesus day” for the good folk traveling with the 2019 Nurturing Faith Experiences and Campbell University Divinity School Bible Lands Study Tour. We began with a visit to a museum adjacent to our kibbutz hotel at Nof Ginosar. The museum...
by John D. Pierce | May 15, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce American evangelicals justify a lot of attitudes and actions that defy the Christ they claim in order to reach their ultimate political goals: criminalizing abortion and justifying discrimination against LGBTQ persons. Such has become the two-faced...
by Jenna N. Sullivan | May 15, 2019 | Opinion
You should not agree to spend an early morning with June Williams unless you are prepared to wake up. It is 6:30 a.m. on a Monday. My friend and parishioner, June, picks me up and soon realizes I am not a morning person. But sleepiness just won’t do for June Williams....
by Christina Embree | May 15, 2019 | Opinion
There has been a return recently to cross-generational and intergenerational communities and contexts mostly because of the research being done on the importance of multigenerational community. As crazy as it seems to us, it’s actually quite normal and quite healthy...
by Colin Harris | May 14, 2019 | Opinion
The eulogist at a recent family funeral recalled the lyrics of an old hymn by Charles Meigs simply titled “Others.” Expressed as a prayer, the hymn asks to be absorbed by a concern for others in thought and deed, placing their well-being ahead of self-centered...
by Nick Lear | May 14, 2019 | Opinion
A lot of time and effort had gone into creating a resource. It had been honed, refined, shaped and adapted over a period of several months after the initial version had been finished. Finally, it was ready to be released and there was some positive feedback. But there...
