By Norman Jameson Some idols hold up under scrutiny. Dean Smith, known best to the world as the man who built University of North Carolina basketball into a program of consistent national significance, died Feb. 7 three weeks short of…
Baptists’ mission work order changes from carpentry to caring
If you’ve ever heard of the Roma, it’s likely the romanticized version of brightly clad gypsies drifting carefree in caravans across Europe, setting up camp, stealing the local chickens and dancing until sunrise. In reality present-day Roma — also known…
‘Don’t eat alone’ is metaphor for healthy Christian life, says minister-chef
By Norman Jameson Forty-two years ago Milton Brasher-Cunningham first heard the words that rescued him, like a strong arm lifting a drowning person to safety. He was 16 and the new missionary kid from Africa in a big Houston school,…
Grabbing the thread of forgiveness
By Norman Jameson A 1972 photograph of 9-year-old Kim Phuc fleeing her burning village in Vietnam — her clothes incinerated from her body and her skin falling from her back and arms — captured the world’s attention. Some say it…
Where is our identity as Jesus’ disciples?
By Norman Jameson Between April and June 1994 an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days in a tribal, ethnic genocide that people outside of Rwanda still do not understand. Most of the dead were Tutsis…
More doors closed to Baptists
(Editor’s note: This commentary is a republished version of one of four content items, originally posted on ABPnews.com on Sept. 16, that were lost due to a hacker attack on our website later that evening.) By Norman Jameson Being a denominational journalist…
Day 6 in Haiti: It had to happen
(Editor’s note: Norman Jameson returned Aug. 30 from a week in Haiti to report on the work of North Carolina Baptist groups working in the aftermath of that nation’s devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. This is the fifth and final of…
Day 5 in Haiti: Rain at last
(Editor’s note: Norman Jameson returned from a week in Haiti Aug. 30 to report on the work of North Carolina Baptist groups working in the aftermath of that nation’s devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. This is the fifth of several daily…
Day 4 in Haiti: Remember the starfish
(Editor’s note: Norman Jameson is visiting Haiti Aug. 22-29 to report on the work of North Carolina Baptist groups working in the aftermath of that nation’s devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. This is the fourth of several daily impressions from his…