Creede Hinshaw

Share kindness throughout life with those you come across 0 Comments Last Updated: 8:17 AM 08/13/10 - Justice John Paul Stevens, 90, recently retired from the Supreme Court as the end of this year’s term after 34 years of service. He and I began our callings at just about the same time. (Full Story)

Capitol statues a history lesson 0 Comments Last Updated: 1:01 PM 08/06/10 - My wife and I recently returned from a trip to Washington, D.C., where we visited monuments, museums and government buildings in that grand and powerful city, returning home with renewed pride in being a citizen of this great, yet imperfect nation. Creede Hinshaw, faith columnist (Full Story)

Writing ones own obit makes one stop and examine life 0 Comments Last Updated: 3:43 PM 07/29/10 - Have you ever tried writing your own death notice? It might be a good endeavor if you have the courage. Such an exercise will force you to think about what’s important in your life. (Full Story)

Costly stand unnecessary 0 Comments Last Updated: 3:29 PM 07/22/10 - I have my suspicions when people who are fighting over the ownership of church property profess that they are really fighting about Christian principle and pure faith. My own take is that people are almost always fighting about the property, about tangible, physical assets: endowment funds, checking accounts, parking lots and sanctuaries. (Full Story)

Guns and pulpits don’t mix 2 Comments Last Updated: 10:39 PM 07/21/10 - NEWS ITEM: July, 2010: Thomaston, Ga. — The Rev. Jonathan Wilkins of Baptist Temple sues the state of Georgia, claiming that he and his church members have the God-given sacred right of self-defense and should be free to bring guns into houses of worship in Georgia. (Full Story)

Refugees forgotten at World Cup site 0 Comments Last Updated: 2:44 PM 07/08/10 - This Sunday the World Cup Finals will be played at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, just down the road from the Central Methodist Church in that same city. (Full Story)

God’s only flag the cross of Jesus 0 Comments Last Updated: 3:51 PM 07/01/10 - My father, a veteran of World War II, loved his country so deeply that he would stop along the roadside and walk into a stranger’s yard to straighten a perilously tilted flag. It pained him to see this red, white and blue symbol of freedom so callously displayed. (Full Story)

Church giving healthy during difficult times 0 Comments Last Updated: 3:31 PM 06/17/10 - Are religious organizations experiencing a sharp decrease in contributions due to the economic climate? Anecdotal evidence might support such a conclusion. Some congregations are reducing staff; the Crystal Cathedral (California) reported a 27 percent drop in revenue in 2009 and some surveys indicate lower levels of support on the part of many Americans. (Full Story)

Miss the right call? Just admit it 0 Comments Last Updated: 9:50 AM 06/11/10 - When does exaggeration and embellishment cross the line into an outright lie? Is there such a thing as a “white lie”? If one knowingly speaks anything but the truth, isn’t this known as falsehood? (Full Story)

Life starting from ground up? 0 Comments Last Updated: 3:20 PM 06/03/10 - The recent announcement that the J. Craig Ventner Institute has created an artificial cell seems to be of truly monumental proportion in human history. Dr. Ventner and his colleague, Hamilton Smith, have become the biological equivalent of Wilbur and Orville Wright in the race to create synthetic, artificial life.Others are eagerly working to build on their success. (Full Story)

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