Missions Sunday: The day when churches honor the missionaries they support. The day when flags of two dozen nations are paraded into the sanctuary. The day of the interminable slideshows. And, at my (Jim's) chu...

If you were born before 1980, you may remember a series of TV ads in the 1990s where actress Sally Struthers narrated heart-wrenching images of starving children, in a plea for viewers to sponsor those kids.If ...