by David Balkum | Jun 25, 2019 | Opinion
I wrote briefly about two things in my initial “Behind the Bars” column: the call from our faith “to remember those in prison as if you yourselves were suffering” and an aspirational reason for punishment, restoration For a little more background, I also said we...
by David Balkum | Mar 5, 2019 | Opinion
My vision for my “Beyond the Bars” columns was to write about faithful responses to a very broken criminal justice system. Yet, a funny thing happened on the way to the forum last week, and this seems like a good venue to discuss it. A pastor called me; he was very...
by David Balkum | Jan 14, 2019 | Opinion
If Johnny commits a crime and is found guilty, Johnny needs to be punished. We just take that for granted. As adults, we know how the world works. The system works the way it does … well, just because. Why even care about Johnny? Why should we even ask about why we...
