by Barrett Owen | Feb 21, 2013 | Opinion
Diana Butler Bass (along with others) is publishing frequently about the sociological shifts occurring in churches. She’s helped us see that church growth used to be based on the formula: “Believe. Behave. Belong.” If you believe what we believe and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 20, 2013 | Opinion
How low can Congress go, at least in the category of job approval? An average of seven different polls taken during the past month showed that only 15.6 percent of Americans approve of the job our law-makers are doing, while a resounding 78.7 percent disapprove...
by Brock Ratcliff | Feb 20, 2013 | Opinion
I confess that I enjoy working out. I’ve always been a relatively large guy, mostly around the middle, but there is something biologically and spiritually cathartic about a good, sweaty workout every morning at about 5:30. I am blessed to have a gym near my...
by Mike Harton | Feb 20, 2013 | Opinion
The Miami Herald’s Leonard Pitts recently had a good column titled “Fantasies vs. Real World Tragedies.” He described the lunacy of at least two sides of the gun issue (indeed, there are many sides). I agree with Pitts: the lunacy continues on what...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 19, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce Some people have accused me of beginning every day by participating in a coffee ritual at the closest Panera Bread Company. That’s a barefaced lie, of course. They are closed on Christmas day. Early morning hours accompanied by hazelnut coffee are...
by Anna Whittaker | Feb 19, 2013 | Opinion
With Easter fast on its way (the creme eggs have been on the shelves since before Christmas), many of us will be marking the Lent period by giving up something that we feel we would struggle to live without. My past attempts at this have had mixed results; the most...
