by Larry Greenfield | Feb 14, 2020 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Feb. 18, 2011. At the time of publication, Greenfield was executive minister for the American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago and editor and theologian-in-residence for The Common Good Network. I think Jesus would have...
by Larry Greenfield | Mar 14, 2014 | Opinion
I’ve been a Baptist for all but 18 of the 870 months of my life. Those non-Baptist months were at the very beginning, ending when my parents abandoned the small Presbyterian church near our home and looked for the church with the best Christian education program...
by Larry Greenfield | Feb 14, 2014 | Opinion
In a nation that cherishes choice, most of the time a decision between alternatives is made on a nonconsequential basis. It’s simply a matter of preference. Should I choose one brand over another? One store over another? One size over another? It really...
by Larry Greenfield | Jan 31, 2014 | Opinion
Rayfield Wright, the football hall of famer for the Dallas Cowboys from 1967-79, isn’t sure he’ll watch Super Bowl XLVIII this coming Sunday. If he chooses not to, I’ll join him – although for slightly different reasons. We both want to view it. To...
by Larry Greenfield | Jan 10, 2014 | Opinion
It’s difficult, in an exaggerated understatement, to envision “bearing fruit” when, to quote a secular hymn of the season, “the weather outside is frightful.” About the only thing that is being produced currently is an abundance of snow,...
