by Leroy Seat | Dec 15, 2011 | Opinion
Dec. 15, 1791, is an important date in the history of this country. The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution were officially added on that day, exactly 220 years ago. Collectively, those 10 amendments are known as the Bill of Rights. Even though the U.S....
by Ircel Harrison | Dec 15, 2011 | Opinion
A friend recently shared with me a book written about 20 years ago by Henri Nouwen titled “In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership.” Nouwen was one of the most prolific and popular spiritual writers of the latter 20th century. He wrote...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 14, 2011 | Opinion
I had already heard a BBC report about how Pakistani police had busted a radically strict Islamic religious school in Karachi where students claimed they were chained and beaten, brainwashed, and pressured to join the Talibani jihad movement. The report appropriately...
by Drew Smith | Dec 14, 2011 | Opinion
In the opening of Mark’s Gospel we find a story that is common to the first three Gospels. Matthew, Mark and Luke all tell the story of John the Baptizer. John is, as his title describes him to be, baptizing in the wilderness. Many are coming out to John to...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Dec 14, 2011 | Opinion
The average human today lives longer, travels further, burns more carbon and eats more food than in any generation before us. The unsustainable consumption habits of Europe, the United States and Japan have been promoted worldwide and are now being emulated by...
by Guy Sayles | Dec 13, 2011 | Opinion
The Advent season puts us in touch with our yearning for peace. Sometimes, when I think about peace, my mind goes global. I consider large-scale and long-boiling cauldrons of conflict. When I do, I often go numb because there doesn’t seem to be much I can do to...
