Baptist Life Celebrates the Ordinary

Editor’s note: This column is another of several EthicsDaily.com will carry from an initiative from Great Britain called “Beyond400.net – Baptists Imagining Life After 400 Years.” I suppose one of the things that I appreciate most about being a...

Why Your Church Should Observe Earth Day

This coming Sunday is Earth Day, the 43rd annual reminder of our responsibility to care for our planet and its complex components. Not exactly a day in the Christian calendar, like Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and All Saints Day, but, like other more...

Well done, Discovery

As a confessed space nerd, it was hard not to get a little teary at the images of the space shuttle Discovery flying laps around Washington, D.C. before landing at Dulles Air Force base on Tuesday (April 17). On Thursday, it’s scheduled to be towed into its...

Baptist Colleges Spend Millions on Sports

What’s with B? Baylor. Bears. Baptists. Mercer. Bears. Baptists. Belmont. Bruins. Baptists (no longer technically, but still). Back to the Baylor Bears – home to Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III. Home to the women’s basketball national champions....

Should Christians Talk About Animal Rights?

Every year on my birthday, my wonderful mother is always willing to cook a meal of my choosing. The common denominator in almost all of these meals is chicken. Teriyaki chicken. Barbecue chicken. Chicken ‘n’ dumplings. It really doesn’t matter so...

Are You Lonesome Tonight? More of Us Are

In 1960, Elvis Presley recorded a song that had been written in 1926, and it became an immediate hit. “AreYouLonesomeTonight?” set records for the speediest rise on the Billboard Top 40 chart and remained at No. 1 for six weeks. The song is thoroughly...