Letter to the Editor April 25, 2023 Dear Editor: Mark Wingfield, executive director of Baptist News Global, wrote: “Donald Trump is the most dangerous pathological liar on the American scene in my lifetime.” This is from his article about Trump’s…
Letter to the Editor: Call out leaders’ bad behavior
Letter to the Editor March 13, 2023 Dear Editor: In her book, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, New York Times bestselling author Anne Lamott writes: “You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted…
Letter to the Editor: Dear SBC leaders, lead us to unity in diverse views on women in ministry
Letter to the Editor Nov. 7, 2022 Dear Editor: Right now, an amazing opportunity lies before the Southern Baptist Convention. We all know the polarization in our country is at an all-time high, which gives us the opportunity to show…
Letter to the Editor: Don’t be so harsh on white males and end-times believers
Letter to the Editor October 11, 2022 Dear Editor: I read with rising anger the recent opinion piece from Rodney Kennedy, “The two apocalyptic movements threatening America.” Bottom line up front: Kennedy is part of the problem, not part of…
Letter to the Editor: ‘60 Minutes’ and the questions not asked
Letter to the Editor October 10, 2022 Dear Editor: Anderson Cooper’s “60 Minutes” interview of Bart Barber began on a hopeful note. Asked if he believed the 2020 presidential election was stolen, the Southern Baptist Convention president answered: “No.” Asked…
Letter to the Editor: ‘Ship of Fools’ has sailed
Letter to the Editor October 9, 2022 Dear Editor: My first recollection of the song “Ship of Fools” was in college while reading Book VI of Plato’s Republic in a political science class. An allegory using a ship with a…
Letter to the Editor: I also stand with Brittney Griner and kneel for the Anthem
Letter to the Editor August 12, 2022 Dear Editor: I am voicing my agreement with Rodney Kennedy in speaking out to bring Brittney Griner home. She is an American. She has accomplished more than most in her WNBA career, bringing…
Letter to the Editor: It’s time for the SBC to have a funeral
June 8, 2022 Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: The only honorable thing to do at this point for the Southern Baptist Convention is to bury it. Have a funeral. No, really. Have an actual funeral with songs of lament,…
Letter to the Editor: A response to Laura Ellis on abortion and Christian Realism
Letter to the Editor May 17, 2022 Dear Editor: We all have a right to be wrong. Laura Ellis’s article, “Why I am a Pro-Choice Christian and Believe You Should Be Too” — while carefully constructed — simply fails basic…