by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 12, 2022 | Opinion
The Old Order Amish are famously “plain” (their preferred descriptor), but their lives are anything but simple. A dozen participants in a recent Good Faith Experience encounter with multiple Amish families learned just how complicated the “plain” life can be....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 28, 2022 | Opinion
Most Americans missed it and most wouldn’t care, but the Jerusalem Post, a conservative daily newspaper in Israel, reported September 20 the breathless news that five red heifers had arrived in Israel, courtesy of a fundamentalist farmer in Texas. CBN News, a website...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 14, 2022 | Opinion
In 1900, Charles Gabriel published one of the most me-centered hymns of praise to be found in any hymnal. The song celebrates the glories of heaven for one whose “labors and trials are o’er,” leaving them “safe on that beautiful shore.” The chorus imagines the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 31, 2022 | Opinion
The faithful teacher was apologetic, but still regretted to inform me that his senior adult class would no longer be using the curriculum I write for Nurturing Faith Journal and Bible Studies. The reason, he explained, is that after the July 17 lesson, the class...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 17, 2022 | Opinion
Do you know anyone who couldn’t quote a line or two from Green Eggs and Ham, the classic children’s book by Dr. Seuss? The author’s last name was actually Geisel, by the way, and he didn’t hold a doctorate of any sort. And, he pronounced Seuss (his middle name) as...
