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  Right or Wrong? Burning platform syndrome

  I’ve heard the term “Burning Platform Syndrome” used in business. What are the implications for this concept in churches?

  01/15/2015 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Down Home: The merits of grandparenting vs. parenting

  True confession: I’m jealous of my children. My daughters are raising children. I envy them.

  01/15/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  2nd Opinion: Mars and beyond—expanding our theology of God’s universe

  We now have definitive evidence for organic molecules, both in the atmosphere and in the rocks of Mars. How should Christians respond to the possibility of life on other planets?

  01/15/2015 - By Rick L. Hammer

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  2nd Opinion: Mental health inside Southern Baptist churches

  Southern Baptists are trying to determine what is being done in churches to address the stigma of mental health.

  01/08/2015 - By Ken Sartain

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  Right or Wrong? African-American churches and community

  How and why is community action integrally woven into the tapestry of African-American churches?

  01/02/2015 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Down Home: The ghosts of Christmas (just) past

  If I told you I’m still haunted by Christmas shopping, that would be an overstatement. But I definitely sense somebody looking over my shoulder.

  01/02/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  2nd Opinion: Pastors, stop signing those marriage licenses

  It was convenient for many years for pastors to officiate weddings and then for the state to recognize those marriages. It was easy, but it was a bad idea.

  01/02/2015 - By Kyle Henderson

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  Opinion: A Top 10 list of religion stories for 2014

  It was a “topsy-turvy” year in religion: Rabbi A. James Rudin shares his personal picks for the top religion news stories of 2014.

  12/29/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Christmas meditation: Blessed peace, when all is well

  It was December, that month when all heck breaks loose, when the calendar fills to overflowing and the expenses pile one on top of the other like leaves covering the lawn in the fall.

  12/20/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Guest editorial: Coach’s love spans horror, time, distance

  A coach’s unwavering faithfulness continues to affect one of his students in prison. It’s a story set among life’s sharpest edges with no guaranteed happy ending.

  12/20/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  2nd Opinion: The best place to see the Light is in the dark

  Mary and Joseph did not get right up and leave the stable before the rising sun. They were there in Bethlehem during both day and night. But we always imagine Christmas at night—as if day never came. Why?

  12/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Down Home: Waiting to meet a baby this Christmas

  Our new granddaughter Eleanor entered this world about three weeks before Christmas, adorned with a crown of brown hair and glittering eyes.

  12/19/2014 - By John Rutledge