by Mike Parnell | Nov 9, 2012 | Opinion
Sometimes a movie’s marketing doesn’t do it justice. “Flight” is a good example. Watching the trailers and ads for it makes it seem like the movie is about a plane crash and how a brave pilot saved the passengers. But the crash is really only...
by Stephen Holmes | Nov 8, 2012 | Opinion
This is kind of a sermon on Romans 14, only without any direct reference to that text. “I shall never forget a night in New York City in which Enda [McDonagh; Irish Roman Catholic theologian] told a group of neo-conservatives he would rather live in Zimbabwe...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 8, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce Community is a really good word. It may refer to a hometown, a congregation or any group of persons who share life and love. Finding or creating community keeps us from living in isolation. Community is also a literal place for many. For me, it is...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 7, 2012 | Opinion
As a huge sigh of post-election relief sweeps over the nation (except for the Sandy-pounded areas about to get slammed by a snowy nor’easter), the question is no longer “Who will get elected?” but “Will anything change?” On the surface,...
by Martin Marty | Nov 7, 2012 | Opinion
Suddenly it has dawned on pundits and publics that decline in religious affiliation and participation demands notice. Editorials on the subject abound. Some of these celebrated the liberation of society from religion, though descriptions of what is replacing it are...
by Robert Parham | Nov 7, 2012 | Opinion
What holds us together? Ray Waddle, editor of Reflections, a publication of the Yale Divinity School, addresses that question with a story. He writes about artist Michael Seri, who was traumatized after 9/11 and sought relief through artwork. Seri painted on plywood a...
