Graham Platner’s campaign to dethrone Susan Collins as one of Maine’s two senators has come to an abrupt end following allegations of sexual assault. In an 11-minute-long video on X, the progressive firebrand launched a combative defense calling the allegations...
I had an epiphany regarding my Albany Times Union blog and the tone of negativity in the comment section. In the interest of freedom, openness, and free speech I had unknowingly allowed my blog to become a swamp of negativity….
By Jeff Brumley Charles Higgs is all too familiar with the smirks and jokes generated when talk turns to cowboy churches. Images of worship in rodeo arenas, preachers on horseback and baptisms in cattle troughs also elicit criticism – especially…
By Jeff Brumley As the pastor of Lost Pines Cowboy Church in Elgin, Texas, Greg Long pulls the usual pastoral and preaching responsibilities as ministers in traditional churches. But visiting his flock begins to take on a literal meaning sometimes. “A…
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — As a team from Cool Spring Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, Va., prepared to leave for a five-day mission trip to Haiti on Aug. 22, some people were asking, “Isn’t there a hurricane headed that way?” Glen Bohannon,…
HENRICO, Va. — Bill Korman is a high energy, let’s-get-it-done Richmond businessman and a deacon of Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Henrico, Va. He is also the driving force behind a unique outreach ministry aimed at boaters who spend their…
HENRICO, Va. — Bill Korman is a high energy, let’s-get-it-done Richmond businessman and a deacon of Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Henrico, Va. He is also the driving force behind a unique outreach ministry aimed at boaters who spend their…
HENRICO, Va. — Bill Korman is a high energy, let’s-get-it-done Richmond businessman and a deacon of Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Henrico, Va. He is also the driving force behind a unique outreach ministry aimed at boaters who spend their…
HENRICO, Va. — Bill Korman is a high energy, let’s-get-it-done Richmond businessman and a deacon of Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Henrico, Va. He is also the driving force behind a unique outreach ministry aimed at boaters who spend their…
‘Mock dock’ service points to ministry success Jim White HENRICO, Va. — Bill Korman is a high energy, let’s-get-it-done Richmond businessman and a deacon of Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Henrico, Va. He is also the driving force behind a…
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — As a team from Cool Spring Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, Va., prepared to leave for a five-day mission trip to Haiti on Aug. 22, some people were asking, “Isn’t there a hurricane headed that way?” Glen Bohannon,…
By Bob Allen The Florida Baptist Convention’s governing board voted Sept. 21 to support a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution that backers say protects religious freedom and opponents say would open the door for indirect public funding of sectarian…
David P. Gushee I chose to tweet my way through the first presidential debate in the company of a number of students and others who have joined that virtual world. The perspective of this cohort of 20-somethings definitely affects my…
