By Jim Denison Have you heard about the millionaire who is giving away the fortune that made him miserable? Karl Rabeder is a 47-year-old businessman in Austria. He and his wife live in an Alpine lakeside villa when they’re not…
Right to die or right to kill? The difference is not subtle
By Marty Duren Grandma might not get run over by a reindeer, but if influential Canadian doctors have their way, she may end up just as dead. Canadian physicians are now ready to debate the merits of euthanasia according to…
Baylor gets its Starr
By David Wilkinson The Baptist world was set abuzz by Monday’s announcement of Kenneth Starr’s election as president of Baylor University. Not surprisingly, everyone has an opinion about this big news. Across Baptist life, the phone calls, e-mails, blog posts,…
Humility and doing mission in our day
By Molly T. Marshall In a little over a week, 15 students and faculty from Central Baptist Theological Seminary will be traveling to Myanmar (Burma) for an immersion experience in inter-cultural dialogue. Through thoughtful participation in ecumenical lectures and travel…
What next for Baptist Christian higher education?
By David Gushee I have experienced vastly different versions of Christian higher education at places ranging from Palmer Seminary in Pennsylvania, to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary during the early Al Mohler era, to Union University under the presidency of David…
Snowstorms and special pacts
By Nathan J. Barnes I awoke yesterday morning to a beautiful blanket of snow in my front yard. A soft, continuous snowfall delighted me for the rest of the day. Even after arriving home from a long day at work,…
Online dating can work — even for a clergywoman
By Amy Grizzle “So … you, like, pray and stuff?” Um, yes. I pray and stuff. As an ordained Baptist minister, it kind of, like, goes with the territory. Actually, I responded more politely than that. At least I had…
Canceling church for ‘Snowpocalypse’
By Amy Butler Depending on whom you ask, people around here are calling it “Snowpocalypse” or “Snowmaggedon” or a variety of other things, which I will refrain from listing here. I am referring to, of course, the recent dumping of…
On Valentine’s Day, prisoners and Haitian debt
By Ken Sehested As with many modern cultural traditions, Valentine’s Day draws from a jumble of historical memories. However, the observance’s namesake comes directly from Christian history. The Roman Catholic Church’s official list of saints actually has three entries for…