My mother, Mary Jim Patton Currie, was born on March 27, 1917. She died Dec. 20, 2011, at the age of 94. It’s amazing how much I still talk to her and how much she still talks to me through…
Significance, God and politics
On Oct. 5, I attended the memorial service for my friend of 46 years, Floyd Craig, in Nashville, Tenn. The memorial service was led by our mutual friend, David Sapp. All three of us met in 1978 when I started…
Re-read the Constitution
As I was watching my grandson play baseball a couple of weeks back, I spotted the following on the back of an acquaintance’s T-shirt: “The Constitution does not need to be rewritten; it needs to be re-read.” I thought to…
A free press essential for free Baptists
By David Currie I had the pleasure of meeting Walter Cronkite, who died July 17 at age 92, several times in my service on the board of The Interfaith Alliance. He supported our work out of a deep commitment to…