The Fiction of Evangelical Friction Over Immigration

A New York Times article by Julia Preston, published on April 13, reports a shift of opinions on immigration policy among evangelical Protestants in the United States. In her article, Preston suggests that there is a division between “Evangelical leaders”...

Dr. Seuss Reminds Us to Care for the Least of These

Perhaps Dr. Seuss’s most noteworthy book is “Horton Hears a Who!” (1954). It begins, On the fifteenth of May, in the jungle of Nool, In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, He was splashing…enjoying the jungle’s great joys… When Horton...

“The Gatekeepers”

I love independent theaters. I also love films that may or may not get press or bring filmmakers lots of money, but present a message that makes you think and stirs up conversation long after the credits roll. For me, one such film that I watched recently is the...

One for the books …

Longtime Baptist editor R.G. Puckett died May 12, having spent much of his 80 years in the “Baptist battles” that characterized the last 40 years (at least) of Baptist life in the South. And he loved a good fight. Gene Puckett always had an opinion and was...

3 Essentials for Effective Conflict Management

“If you find the perfect church, don’t join it; you will just mess it up.” It’s true. Because we are flawed human beings, we take ourselves with us wherever we go, even to church. Given this reality, there is no way to eliminate all conflict...

Using Pinterest to Advance the Common Good

Pinterest is one of the latest iterations of social media innovation. Since going live in March 2010, the popularity of this graphics-based, virtual bulletin board has quickly grown – evidenced by its appearance on Time magazine’s “50 best...