by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 3, 2012 | Opinion
The 2012 General Assembly of the Baptist World Alliance got underway Monday in Santiago Chile. Santiago is surrounded by mountains, which for the most part have remained hidden by clouds. Monday’s meetings included preliminary committee meetings, a forum on...
by Mitch Carnell | Jul 3, 2012 | Opinion
Our country and much of the world has expressed shock and horror at the verbal and physical treatment meted out to a 68-year-old grandmother and bus monitor in Greece, New York. Karen Klein tried to maintain her composure while her tormentors continued their assault....
by Martin Marty | Jul 3, 2012 | Opinion
The two “big kids on the block” of American denominationalism are making front-page and prime-time news this early summer in ways that crowd out other stories of events and trends in most other groups. Only the Mormons are in competition for the spotlight...
by Leroy Seat | Jul 3, 2012 | Opinion
A new millennium began 12 years ago (technically, 11 years ago, for we usually start counting things with one not zero), according to the Common Era calendar. But when will the Millennium begin? The Millennium, with a capital M, usually refers to the belief that Jesus...
by Naomi King Walker | Jul 2, 2012 | Opinion
Language is powerful. In the broad sense, language as a communication tool takes many forms: behavior, expression, gesture, tone, words. Language has power to bless or curse, inspire or deflate, heal or wound, clarify or confuse, include or exclude. Theologian and...
by Ircel Harrison | Jul 2, 2012 | Opinion
In his book, “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful,” Marshall Goldsmith points out that certain skills may enable a person to reach a specific level of responsibility, but those same skills will not...
