by Mike Parnell | Oct 28, 2011 | Opinion
“Higher Ground” tells the story of a woman’s faith struggle. It’s set on the stage of a fundamentalist theology. Corinne (Vera Farmiga) is earnestly trying to find a way to experience God. The movie begins with her baptism as an adult, but her...
by Larry Greenfield | Oct 28, 2011 | Opinion
Thank God (literally) our Roman Catholic and Orthodox sisters and brothers aren’t biblical literalists. Otherwise, they certainly would be in big trouble with Jesus and his teachings about what we call ourselves. Not surprisingly, this comes up as Jesus spars...
by Robert Parham | Oct 28, 2011 | Opinion
The Vatican issued a moral statement favoring regulation of the financial markets for the sake of the common good, while right-wing leaders besmirched the character of those protesting for the reform of Wall Street. The former provides moral substance to the Occupy...
by David Kerrigan | Oct 27, 2011 | Opinion
Visiting UrbanExpression teams in Manchester, England, recently, we found ourselves in somewhat unusual surroundings. In the space of eight hours, we visited a children’s center, a supermarket, the Rampant Lion pub, walked round a local estate and finally...
by Ircel Harrison | Oct 27, 2011 | Opinion
In response to my recent column on the way forward for Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, a friend suggested that I was dealing with reorganization of the national entity. Actually, I am suggesting not reorganization but reconceptualization. Whenever a new leader comes...
by Michael Fink | Oct 27, 2011 | Opinion
We have always been told that we Americans are blessed. We are the wealthiest nation in the world and are viewed with envy by the rest of the “poor” world. In fact, with a population of 307 million among a world population of nearly 6.9 billion, we...
