Black Southern Baptist President, Mormon Missions, Terrorism

Wednesday, June 13, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Four months ago, two African-American pastors stood in a hallway of the Southern Baptist Convention's Nashville headquarters looking at a row of white faces.

The portraits of the 56 convention presidents since the denomination's 1845 founding are in large picture frames holding several portraits each. The final frame holds empty slots.
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Tom Krattenmaker: 'Terrorist': Apply The Label Consistently, Please
If the religion dimension helps identify a suspect, and if the t-word helps law enforcement and the public understand the nature of an act of mass violence, its use is justified. If the label fits, apply it. But fairly, please.
Craig Kanalley: Why You Should Be Humble And Live Humbly, In My Humble Opinion
Remember where you came from and those who helped you get to where you are. You yourself are unique, but you come from elsewhere, not from yourself. Remember that. Be thankful for that. Be humble.
Gina Ryder: How a Blind Priest Taught Me To Speak
Like many high school girls, I was an upspeak offender. When I talked out loud in class, everything had the spoken equivalent of an ellipsis or a question mark on the end of it.
Christian Piatt: A Theology of America's Zombie Apocalypse
It's hard to say if the pop culture popularity has influenced similar copycat killers, or if the zombie craze simply has made us more sensitive to similar real-life stories. Either way, both the fictional tales and actual news items may speak to something going on in our collective imaginations.
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs: Call Them 'Compassion Panels,' Not 'Death Panels'
I think that we need to re-label the idea of these "panels" so that we are actually talking about how we need to treat people with compassion no matter what decision has to be made concerning a loved one's end of life issues.
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