by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 6, 2013 | Opinion
Lord, don’t we love to call others culpable. Even when there’s no skin off our nose, we enjoy the chance to put the onus on folk who might possibly be responsible for any sort of misfortune. Sometimes people deserve it, of course. But sometimes things just...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 6, 2013 | Opinion
The advent of the Internet has placed the world at our fingertips, contributing to what journalist Thomas Friedman called the “flattening” of the world. Mobile devices with Internet access, such as smartphones and tablets, have made us more connected than...
by Arthur Brown | Feb 6, 2013 | Opinion
Last June, a close friend of my wife’s and mine died. Cindy was someone who transformed our life, faith and spirituality. She taught us about frailty, vulnerability and suffering by showing us something of Jesus in the most unexpected ways. As well as being a...
by Ircel Harrison | Feb 5, 2013 | Opinion
Several blog writers that I follow have recently posted observations about the needs of pastoral leaders in the contemporary setting and in the coming years. They have asked questions like, “What are the competencies required?” and “What type of...
by Colin Harris | Feb 5, 2013 | Opinion
Recent conversations and commentary have included the intriguing observation that positions taken and decisions made often reflect a desire to be on “the right side of history.” Coming as it did on the heels of a hotly contested election, the devastation...
by Robert Parham | Feb 5, 2013 | Opinion
Christian leaders – representing the broadest expression of American Christianity – have agreed on a five-point statement calling for immigration reform. Catholic, Pentecostal, Orthodox and Mainline Protestant bishops were joined by evangelical ministers, social...
