by Amy Jacks Dean | Mar 20, 2012 | Opinion
I go to the White House, and President Obama comes to Charlotte, N.C. Our planes must have passed in mid-air. Just my luck. But the goal of the “White House Briefing with Baptist Clergy Leaders” was not a photo-op with the president. The goal was to listen...
by Robert Parham | Mar 19, 2012 | Opinion
Before a delegation of some 60 Baptists metrecentlywithWhiteHouseofficials, White House officials apparently were unfamiliar with the term “goodwill Baptists.” Why should that be a surprise? Most Baptists are unfamiliar with the idea of “goodwill...
by Guy Sayles | Mar 16, 2012 | Opinion
Last week, I had the privilege, along with about 60 other Baptist leaders, of spending several hours at a White House briefing and conversation about important domestic policy issues. The briefing took place in a fourth-floor conference room in the venerable and...
by Lee B. Spitzer | Mar 14, 2012 | Opinion
I have intentionally waited a few days to write about the meeting at the White House with a delegation of Baptists in order to process my thoughts and feelings. It is a rather “heady” thing to be invited to the nation’s symbol of political power...
by Elizabeth Evans Hagan | Mar 14, 2012 | Opinion
“Will you please make my life improve and improve now?” Being a pastor is a “one size fits all” kind of job filled with lots of expectations. People want happier lives – all the time – so it’s not unusual that we are asked to do so much...
