Words do mean something. In a conversation yesterday a friend pointed out how difficult it is for us to really engage politics. Once we make statements critical of one administration in hopes of prompting either change or a different direction by a soon-coming administration we must face up to … Continue reading
Read MoreA long-time family friend e-mailed me recently. We had talked a few months ago about a matter in his local church rising to the level of denominational point of contention. Henderson Hills Baptist Church in Edmond, OK made public a lengthy study into the relationship between church membership and … Continue reading
Read MoreMy friend David alerted me to the “debate” between my friend Brian McLaren and Richard Land, a former professor of mine. Regardless of where someone comes down on the religio-politico landscape, these two demonstrate how to have a charitable conversation. Refreshing.… Continue reading
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Getting 100 people around a table for discussion requires a large table or imagination enough to understand "roundtable" as idiomatic. The event planners of the Sandy Creek-Charlestonian Roundtable knew quickly "roundtable" would of necessity be an euphemism. Others offer their thoughts and I really am not up for an … Continue reading
The SBC Menagerie – Al Mohler the New Bogeyman?
(I wrote part of this weeks ago. Reading today prompted me to pluck it from the dustbin and muse afresh.)
Anyone observing the Southern Baptist Convention for the past 30 or so years may readily “get” the reference to an SBC menagerie. Even my skeptic/formerly Christian friends who … Continue reading
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