A news item about Shorter University, a Baptist school associated with the Georgia Baptist Convention, has given me another opportunity to worry about the way we talk to one another about contentious matters. The school apparently has made a policy
A news item about Shorter University, a Baptist school associated with the Georgia Baptist Convention, has given me another opportunity to worry about the way we talk to one another about contentious matters. The school apparently has made a policy
In this virtual world that is the Internet, physical location often seems increasingly irrelevant. Today, however, on this day after Thanksgiving, 2011, my physical location is significant. It offers a poignant context for my thoughts. I’m sitting in a coffee shop,
It is the morning of the Lord’s Day and my mind ought to aim elsewhere, hence I’m feeling a little sheepish about this blog. But last night’s ESPN 30-30 documentary about SMU, called “Pony Excess,” is still on my mind. I’m a relative
From John Wesley’s Journal – “November 5, 1747: I began examining the classes, and every person severally, touching that bane of religion, evil speaking; as well as touching their manner of life before they heard this preaching; and by comparing
Over the past weekend, I made a quick trip to Kentucky to spend some time with dear friends who work together in a mission organization. For many years I worked with them until I felt like my new job at