Another View for Dec. 16, 2004 By Tom Ehrich Now comes the season of hope and disappointment. Stores and malls are heavy laden. For merchants, Christmas is an annual roll of the dice. Some will guess right, some wrong. Some…
First U.S. Muslim cable network debuts
With American Muslims an untapped television market and heightened interest in Islam among non-Muslims, the first-ever American Muslim television network has begun broadcasting nationwide. Many American Muslims have anxiously awaited the debut as a signal that Muslims are gaining recognition…
Americans divided over how world was created
A Gallup Poll suggests that Americans are divided over how the world was created, but most appear skeptical that it happened exactly as described in the book of Genesis. The poll found that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution remains controversial…
Supreme Court declines to intervene in gay case
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request to review a Massachusetts court's decision that legalized gay marriage in that state. The justices declined Nov. 29 without comment a request from a group of Massachusetts legislators to review a decision…
Crisis care training to be offered in January
Training for crisis care chaplains will be offered conjunction with disaster relief efforts Jan. 14-15 at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center in Richmond. In responding to destruction caused by hurricanes in Florida and the Caribbean this fall, Virginia Baptist realized…
Disaster relief training to be offered next year
Virginia Baptists' disaster relief ministry will conduct five training events in 2005. All sessions are two-day events, begining at 6 p.m. on a Friday and concluding at 3 p.m. on a Saturday. Training will include orientation in disaster relief, mass…
Virginia chaplain given Legion of Honor award
The Chapel of the Four Chaplains recently awarded its 2004 Legion of Honor distinction to Keith Ethridge of Hampton. Ethridge, a chaplain endorsed by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, is acting deputy director for the National Chaplains Center for the Department…
GUEST EDITORIAL: Glocal trends impacting Virginia Baptists
Guest Editorial for Dec. 9, 2004 By John Upton John Upton, executive director of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, gave this address during his report to the board at its meeting last week. Given the current global trends of people…
Daylilies
Heritage column for Dec. 9, 2004 Becky Jarrett McKinney, the newly-elected president of Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia, enjoys rearing sons and raising daylilies. She also is passionate about the various helping ministries of WMUV. In many ways the three…