Several weeks ago, I wrote that it takes nothing short of a miracle for a pastor to write a sermon every week. It is true that sermons are the stuff of miracles, and I stand by my premise. Yet, for…
Scott Boulevard Baptist: A church without walls
By Joe LaGuardia A pile of rubble and a towering, broken steeple are all that is left of the historic Scott Boulevard Baptist Church building on the corner of Scott Boulevard and North Decatur Road in Decatur, Georgia. To many…
For or against?
By Joe LaGuardia “We are against Halloween,” one minister recently told me. This is a common response I get from folks in the church. That, and: “We are against homosexuals, abortion, environmentalists, liberals, social-gospel types, postmodernists, illegal immigrants, people who…
With marriage debate, remember real people are involved
By Joe LaGuardia Just when I thought politics could not get any more heated, federal judge Vaughn Walker overturned Proposition 8 — the California law banning same-sex marriage in that state — Aug. 4. The decision claimed that the law…