Why are we still calling ourselves ‘moderate’ Baptists?

By Lacy Thompson Darkness. Of all the Hurricane Katrina memories and images, the one that endures in me is darkness. For weeks after the storm, I had to travel through New Orleans’ devastated Lower 9th Ward.  Each night, as I…

By Barry Howard The summer of 2005 will be permanently etched in the minds of Gulf Coast residents. And for me that summer of multiple hurricanes provided a most unusual welcome to a new community. In May of 2005 I…

(Editor’s note: Norman Jameson returned Aug. 30 from a week in Haiti to report on the work of North Carolina Baptist groups working in the aftermath of that nation’s devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. This is the fifth and final of…

By Pam Parry The wonder of life is often lost in its frenetic pace, but openness to self-discovery can restore balance and even happiness. That’s the message of “Eat Pray Love,” a movie that has already earned more than $60…

(Editor’s note: Norman Jameson returned from a week in Haiti Aug. 30 to report on the work of North Carolina Baptist groups working in the aftermath of that nation’s devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. This is the fifth of several daily…

By David Gushee Barack Obama came into office, in part, on the strength of his promise to end the United States’ war in Iraq within 16 months. On Aug. 31 he will offer a major speech that is supposed to…