By Amy Butler In my opinion, one of the scariest people in the world of a young pastor is the head usher at her first church. This I can pretty much verify by my experience with Edna May Reynolds. To…
Passion for Great Commission great — when amiable
By Norman Jameson I’m a passionate guy. Not only do I understand when a person’s commitment to his or her ministry prompts a passion that excludes consideration that another ministry might be just as valid, I often applaud it. Every…
Why Israel?
By Jim Denison Why is a plot of land smaller than New Jersey the stage for so much world history? I am leading study tours in Israel and Egypt as this column is being posted. This is my 12th time…
The God we share
By Carra Hughes Greer On March 1, Rob Nash, global missions coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and Alvin Sugarman, rabbi emeritus at The Temple, Atlanta’s oldest synagogue, were featured speakers at a Baptist-Jewish dialogue to benefit the Community Food…
Seeing Jesus in the face of another
By David Wilkinson One of my prayers for this season of Lent was to be more intentional about looking for Jesus in unexpected faces and places. Lo and behold, Jesus showed up for dinner. On Ash Wednesday, our church family…
Task force’s proposals may be at odds with goals
By Bill Webb The Great Commission Task Force’s recent progress report to the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee suggests the final report will at the very least be interesting, if not confusing, reading. Chairperson Ronnie Floyd suggests that “envy, strife…
Baylor’s new Starr needs five points
By Marv Knox Like so much about Baylor University, Kenneth Starr’s election as president has been fraught with discord. What is the way forward for Starr and for Baylor? On one hand, many members of the “Baylor family” and others…
For principled and practical immigration reform — now
By David Gushee A coalition of law-enforcement, labor, policy, religious and other groups is gearing up for a major push for comprehensive immigration reform this spring. Serious behind-the-scenes efforts are underway to secure broad and bipartisan sponsorship for new immigration-reform…
The dust of being human
By Amy Butler The snow has stopped falling here in Washington. At least for the moment. After almost two weeks, we are still digging out from a few weeks ago when whoever is in charge of weather patterns mistakenly thought…