By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector As a person who has spent the better part of his career and adult life in the production of newspapers, it is sad whenever I hear that a print publication has “bit the dust.” Such was the case last week  as I held the last print copy of the The Christian Index in my hand. The Christian Index has been in existence for

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector In 1981 I had been out of college for one year and was employed in the development office of Baptist College at Charleston (now Charleston Southern University) in South Carolina. I mostly edited their alumni publication but assisted with pamphlets and brochures and the dreaded “other duties as assigned.” One of those duties included being asked to assist the former Southern Baptist Education

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector In 2015, the issue of same-sex marriage took center stage. I doubt any of us will forget June 26, the day that the United States Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is protected under the Constitution and is now legal in all 50 states. Christians prayed for a different outcome but I think many of us felt that the Supreme Court ultimately would