by Ircel Harrison | Sep 18, 2012 | Opinion
How often have you heard someone say, “I’m just not being fed” as they left your church to join another? I have always thought that such a statement was a bit humorous. After observing my own children when they were young and receiving a refresher...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 18, 2012 | Opinion
In a class called “Teaching the Bible to Youth and Adults” at Campbell University Divinity School, my students were asked to think about the Bible as a metanarrative for understanding our place in the world. (One of our textbooks is “The Drama of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 17, 2012 | Opinion
So, I wanted to see the Ben Folds Five when they came to Cary NC’s outdoor Koka Booth Amphitheater Sept. 16. And I wanted to see the performers well, so I skipped the bring-your-own-chair lawn tickets and shelled out for good seats up front, just six rows from...
by Reggie Warren | Sep 17, 2012 | Opinion
When I was a week short of my 8th birthday, I vaguely remember John Kennedy’s inaugural address in January 1961. A key quote was, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” We have heard it repeated many times,...
by Martin Marty | Sep 17, 2012 | Opinion
“Look! Our first football cover!” was the first word I heard on my first sighting of religion in public life for Sightings after a month of pause. “Football: The Moral Hazard,” words superimposed on a football game photo, was the first relevant...
by Trevor Barton | Sep 17, 2012 | Opinion
I hear it now and then. It invariably comes after a long day in an elementary school classroom, a day that seems like a year. “If I didn’t have [student’s name], I could teach my class!” You know the children who fill in the blank....
