by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 20, 2013 | Opinion
Writing the Nurturing Faith Bible study curriculum is one of my most challenging opportunities, and I’m always looking for ways to help teachers make their lessons engaging as well as informative. In the online commentary and resources for the March 10 lesson,...
by Jerry Young | Mar 20, 2013 | Opinion
For more than 37 years, “Saturday Night Live” has presented comedy sketches that offer up parodies of our culture and our politics. The targets of these sketches have not exempted any significant cultural or political targets. And yet, when my group is the...
by Jim Somerville | Mar 20, 2013 | Opinion
Recently, I went to something called an Interfaith Friendship Dinner in the Adams Room at Richmond’s First Baptist Church. There were about 30 people there, mostly Episcopalians, with a generous number of Muslims, Baptists and Presbyterians mixed in. (The Jewish...
by Chuck Queen | Mar 20, 2013 | Opinion
In his letter to the church at Philippi, it is fairly obvious that Paul is concerned about some influences that were steering the church away from the teaching he had imparted and the example he had modeled. It seems that there were two different kinds of pressure...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 19, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce There is a proverb that says, “Raise up a child to appreciate baseball and when she is on her college break she’ll go to spring training games with you.” I might have paraphrased that just a little. But this past weekend my daughter...
by Leroy Seat | Mar 19, 2013 | Opinion
“Hubris” is defined as “excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.” It is a word descriptive of the attitude of many individuals as well as many groups, such as corporations or nations. Last month, I happened to see a television special on...
