by Brett Gibson | May 17, 2013 | Opinion
In a lecture I heard several years back, Eugene Peterson borrowed from John 14:6 in which Jesus says, “I am the way and the truth and the life.” Peterson said, “The Jesus truth, only when it is wedded to the Jesus way, produces the Jesus life.”...
by Robert Parham | May 17, 2013 | Opinion
The White House’s spinning of the Benghazi attack, the IRS’ targeting of the Tea Party, and the Department of Justice’s spying on the Associated Press all disclose varying degrees of the abuse of power. Responding to the disclosure that the Justice...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 16, 2013 | Opinion
Protestant types love the Holy Land for many reasons, largely for the landscapes, the sense of God’s presence in the land, the feeling that when we walk the main street of ancient Capernaum or cross the worn floor of the Roman police headquarters in the Antonia,...
by Guy Sayles | May 16, 2013 | Opinion
There are things we can’t know instantly or do easily. We have to grow into them. Our capacities have to develop and our abilities have to expand. Quite often, practice and experience often precede skill or wisdom. You don’t start playing golf at Augusta...
by Sara Powell | May 16, 2013 | Opinion
Living in the South during Jim Crow days, though certainly less restricted than during the time before emancipation, was fraught with danger for people of African heritage. Even though I grew up in those days, my “white” world in southwestern Virginia...
by Martha Beahm | May 16, 2013 | Opinion
Being a leader is a calling, often a very uncomfortable one. Recently, I have read several books and articles about leadership that have caused me to reflect on my own thoughts and assumptions about what characteristics a “good leader” would have. With my...
