Americans value freedom but there are differences on what it means

America’s 250th birthday prompted researchers at Navigator to ask Americans how they define America, patriotism and what our country should aspire to. The result was 82% of Americans across all generations saying they believe freedom is an extremely important value,...

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Baptist editor blasts same-sex divorce

By Bob Allen A Missouri Baptist leader criticized two circuit court judges for granting divorces to females wed in another state that, unlike Missouri, recognizes same-sex marriage. Don Hinkle, director of public policy for the Missouri Baptist Convention, accused the…

Memorial Day, Turner Field style: Some ambivalent Christian reflections

So here is an itemized list of everything the Atlanta Braves and Turner Field did to mark Memorial Day on Monday. I was there: • Troops from a wounded warrior recovery center unfurled a huge flag, almost as large as…

Why your minister should be like your physical therapist

By Bill Wilson My experience with a physical therapist was fairly routine. I went in with a painful or injured body part (once a knee, once my back), and the PT helped me restore motion, function and strength to my…

U.S. nuns haunted by ghost of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Pope Francis to meet with sexual abuse victims

Pope Francis concludes Holy Land trip with visits to Jewish holy sites

Wayland Baptist to break ground on Jimmy Dean Museum

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Grief isn’t a disease

She’d lost her husband to a terrible, slow disease and now had just buried her son. I asked her how she was. “Some days, she said, “I just stand in the middle of my house and scream.” What a wise…