WASHINGTON (ABP) — Documents made public Oct. 18 reveal that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers supported a constitutional amendment in 1989 that would ban most abortions. The revelation is almost certain to make her already troubled confirmation much more difficult….
Classified Ads for October 20, 2005
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Church & People News for October 20, 2005
Staff Changes Robert Johnson, to Black Branch Church, Chase City, as pastor. Jeffrey W. Perry, to Riverdale Church, Roanoke, as pastor. John Etcher, to Ivy Memorial Church, Hampton, as pastor. Roc Collins, resigning as pastor of First Church, Gate City,…
A Marine is remembered
Cover Story for October 20, 2005 By Jim White On Jan. 15, 2005, as Sgt. Jayton Patterson led his Marines down a village lane in Babil Province, south of Baghdad, he halted them. Something didn't look right. Ordering them to…
Letters for October 20, 2005
Disappointed by ad I write to express my disappointment regarding the ad for Lakewood Manor in Time magazine's Oct. 17 edition. When Lakewood Manor was in deep financial problems some years ago, appeals were made to Baptists to save this…
Diary of a relief worker
Another View for October 20, 2005 By Greg Smith ‘I've got to do something,” I told myself when I heard about the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. I remember pacing back and forth in my living room, mentally calculating how…
Maria’s story
Another View for September 29, 2005 By Christopher Harbin Her name is Maria, but that was a while in coming. I tried to talk with her, but was unable to communicate at first. She did not expect Spanish to come…
Reflections on the sabbatical
Heritage Column for September 29, 2005 By Fred Anderson For a century or so the word “sabbatical” has meant “absence from duty for the purposes of study and travel.” Even earlier there was the connotation that it referred to an…
Beyond the ”I” of the storm
Editorial for September 29, 2005 By Jim White In his preface to The Shepherd of the Hills, Harold Bell Wright wrote, “In the hills of life there are two trails. One lies along the higher sunlit fields where those who…