Don’t Gut the Fish
By Zim Flores - The book of Jonah chronicles a man of the same name who rebelled against the instructions of God and fled from Nineveh. He was tossed into a tumultuous sea, only to be swallowed by a giant fish that God had appointed. Inside the fish’s belly, Jonah was...
Reading through Fresh Eyes
By David Watson - The Rev. Dr. Esau McCaulley is an Anglican priest and Assistant Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. While studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, he received his PhD under the direction of the eminent New Testament scholar N....
Navigating United Methodist Renewal
Navigating United Methodist Renewal By Steve Beard July 2009 Many years ago, I became a rather unlikely fan of the sailing memoirs of the late William F. Buckley Jr. In his book "Airborne," the dazzling wordsmith chronicled a 4,400 mile journey across the Atlantic...
Vietnamese pastor spreads God’s Word around the world
Vietnamese pastor spreads God’s Word around the world 17 March 2008 By Kathy L. Gilbert, United Methodist News Service The Rev Bau Dang would rather not talk about himself. He shies away from the spotlight. He just made history by becoming the first Vietnamese...
Tackling Terry Bradshaw
Archive: Tackling Terry Bradshaw The NFL legend talks with Steve Beard Good News, 2006 When I was growing up, I was infatuated with two NFL quarterbacks. One was the long-haired Kenny “The Snake” Stabler of the Oakland Raiders and the other was Terry Bradshaw of the...
Archive: Chronicles of Narnia: Values that the book embraced
Archive: Chronicles of Narnia: "Values that the book embraced" Steve Beard talks with Mark Johnson November/December 2005 Mark Johnson has been producing films for more than twenty years. He has been involved in projects as diverse as Diner, My Dog Skip, Good Morning...
Archive: Chronicles of Narnia: Faithful Adaptation
Archive: Chronicles of Narnia: Faithful Adaptation Steve Beard talks with Michael Flaherty November/December 2005 Michael Flaherty is the president of Walden Media, the film studio that is producing C.S. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. He recently...
Debating the old professor: C.S. Lewis and the advent of Aslan
Debating the old professor: C.S. Lewis and the advent of Aslan By Elizabeth V. Glass 2005 On a winter night in 1948, C.S. Lewis defended his argument for the existence of Narnia. No, he didn’t try to prove the reality of other worlds behind wardrobe doors. In fact, at...
