by Robert Parham | Jul 7, 2015 | Opinion
Moral certitude was in no short supply among Baptists in the United States following the shooting deaths in an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, with the subsequent flash debate over the Confederate flag. The same holds true for the reaction to...
by Molly T. Marshall | Jul 1, 2015 | Opinion
The recent papal encyclical, subtitled “On Care for our Common Home,” invites the global church and other interested persons of good will to consider what is at stake in the deterioration of the environment, especially the human roots of the ecological...
by William Brackney | Jun 30, 2015 | Opinion
I live barely three miles from the sea. In plain view of our home are the highest tides in the world, often cresting at 55 feet. In recent years, we have watched the raising of dyke embankments, first constructed by the Acadians, by seven to 10 feet to arrest the...
by Timothy Gilbert | Jun 29, 2015 | Opinion
One question seems to be at the heart of Pope Francis’s encyclical: “What kind of world do we want to leave to those whom come after us, to children who are now growing up?” (section 160). The encyclical does not have to do with the environment alone...
by Robert Creech | Jun 26, 2015 | Opinion
Pope Francis called for all people, and especially believers, to “take charge of this home which has been entrusted to us” (section 244) in his recently released encyclical on creation care. Francis’ vision is a call to practical action, personal...
