by Doug Jackson | Jan 29, 2014 | Opinion
When I was a pastor, I regularly received fliers from various “consultants” who offered me a scheme to “fix” my church. I threw them all away. These patent nostrums purveyed various forms of organization that would transmogrify my congregation...
by Bob Newell | Oct 9, 2013 | Opinion
One of the first phrases I learned in the study of the contemporary Greek language is lipame – Greek shorthand for “I am sorry!” As a stumbling practitioner of modern Greek, I learned this word rather quickly and easily because I constantly make mistakes....
by Colin Harris | Jun 21, 2013 | Opinion
As much as we might desire it, perfection is hard to come by in the world of human experience. The smaller and simpler the task, the closer we can come to it. The “perfect square” and the “perfectly boiled egg” seem within the realm of...
