by Robert Parham | Sep 7, 2012 | Opinion
The new spirituality collapses the space between football and faith, according to Ray Waddle, the former religion editor at the Tennessean, who still contributes two columns each month to the paper. Ray and I arrived in Nashville about the same time – only a few...
by Larry Greenfield | Sep 7, 2012 | Opinion
It’s just speculation, but you have to wonder whether the disciples of Jesus thought he was heading in the wrong direction. That’s when Jesus decided to head west and a little north to the region of Tyre. Not that the disciples took exception to why Jesus...
by Gary Furr | Sep 6, 2012 | Opinion
I don’t know many people who aren’t generally disgusted with the political process right now. Left to right, top to bottom, it’s a mess. I thought I’d put a little advice together for would-be leaders. Further, Baptist preachers are about the...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 6, 2012 | Opinion
As election season approaches, the occasional appeal to the “founding fathers” – more accurately, the “founding generation,” since women played essential roles as well – in political speeches seems to become more frequent and more...
by Daniel Carro | Sep 6, 2012 | Opinion
The Christian Century, one of the few worth-reading Christian magazines of our time, has proposed an interesting exercise in theology. They have given some authors the challenge to express the gospel in seven words or fewer. “It’s instructive to see what...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 5, 2012 | Opinion
Today, the United States is separated from Latin America by a superimposed 1,833-mile border – a bloody scar, as Gloria Anzaldúa reminds us, caused by the First and Third Worlds rubbing up against each other. This is not a natural boundary; instead, this border was...
