By Alan Rudnick Watching the pregame coverage of Super Bowl XXXII in 1998, I was shocked when a reporter asked Green Bay Packers’ defensive end and ordained minister Reggie White if he thought God wanted him to win the Super…
Where are the songs of lament in worship?
By Hillary Kimsey Lee and I grew up in church together. We were usually co-champions in Sunday school Bible trivia. We loved Lord of the Rings. We went on a couple dates. The night before the first final exam of…
Change is coming to Baptistland
By Christa Brown Last Saturday in Florida, a unanimous jury awarded $12.5 million to a man who, as a child, was sexually abused by a Southern Baptist minister. Significantly, this verdict was assessed, not only against the local church, but…
Something stinks in West Virginia
By Bruce Day It was after my walk on a hiking trail, as I was parking to attend a conference, that I saw a most stunning sight. Berry College, in Rome Ga., has the great fortune of being home to…
The most segregated hour
By Hannah McMahan Yesterday we celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister who was more than a preacher. King was a voice — a prophetic voice — calling our nation to compassion, justice…
Prettifying prophets
By Ken Sehested I have a vivid memory of that exact moment. I was in seminary, having fled my native South to Yankeedom to finish college and start theological training, embarrassed at being a Baptist, at being a white Southerner,…
The Screwtape E-mails
By Miguel De La Torre On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Screwtape [email protected]; wrote: Dearest Wormwood, It is with great pleasure that I hear of the success you are having with your Christian patient. Just because they say…
A responsible nation
By Fred Anderson For 300 years after the first permanent English settlement on its eastern seaboard, the United States had an open frontier looking west. Venturesome pioneers who occupied the new land faced conditions which made the possession of firearms…
A unique ordination
By Bruce Day My wife and I recently visited a church that happened to be celebrating deacon installation and ordination. Three deacons had been elected by the church to serve the next term. Though it appeared to be business as…