by Don Gordon | Apr 19, 2021 | Opinion
My life changed forever on July 7, 1988, when I became a father to a baby girl. We named her Sarah, and I became acutely aware of my responsibility for another human being. This was, at times, exhausting, when you had to stay up all night with a colicky baby, and...
by Don Gordon | Jan 6, 2021 | Opinion
Sandra Richter has crafted a treasure for the church and anyone interested in the long-term welfare of the earth in her latest book, Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About The Environment And Why It Matters. Riveting from beginning to end, I could hardly put the...
by Don Gordon | Nov 28, 2017 | Opinion
I had a conversation recently with a mother in my congregation and her twin 6-year-old sons regarding the death of one of their classmates. A first-grade boy in a school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, died during his sleep in the night. He had gone to bed with...
by Don Gordon | Nov 7, 2017 | Opinion
We have been inundated in recent days with news of random killings, racial killings and retributive killings by terrorists. The saying once was popular, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” Never have we yearned for this to be so true since the recent...
by Don Gordon | May 8, 2017 | Opinion
Many Baptist churches approach Mother’s Day the way many men approach Valentine’s Day – with fear and trembling. A day intended to honor mothers amid a sacred gathering of worship becomes a day of great anxiety navigating how to do this or if it...
