by Starlette Thomas | Jul 3, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
A preposition can make all the difference. While performing the Canadian national anthem at the NBA All-Star game in Salt Lake City, Utah, in February, Jully Black changed one word — “our home and native land” to “our home on native land.” “I didn’t realize that my...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 5, 2022 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
Growing up in the tightknit Boynton community near the Georgia-Tennessee border, it seemed that everyone gathered at the local baseball field on the Fourth of July. All day, there was one baseball or softball game after another. Some were serious competitions — at...
by Martin Marty | Jul 15, 2013 | Opinion
Sociologist Rodney Stark’s article in the Wall Street Journal, “The Myth of Unreligious America,” is his well-stated rejoinder to other sociologists, demographers and religious leaders who imply that the “game is all over” for religion...
by Doug Dortch | Jun 21, 2013 | Opinion
For worship planners committed to historic Baptist principles, the Independence Day weekend, like any patriotic weekend, is one of those times when we may feel pulled between participating in the surrounding civic celebrations and staying true to the principles of our...
by Mitch Carnell | Jul 4, 2012 | Opinion
Every day of my life, I give thanks for being an American. I had nothing to do with where I was born, but I am grateful for this accident of birth. I mean no disrespect to any other country. I was born into a working-class family in upstate South Carolina. My parents...
