by Delaney Metcalf | Jan 20, 2026 | Opinion
There are moments in life when something shifts. Not loudly, not chaotically, but unmistakably. You walk into a room you’ve been in a hundred times, and suddenly the air feels different. The emotional tone of the room shifts. People speak more softly. They look at...
by Delaney Metcalf | Jan 7, 2026 | Opinion
Most people aren’t born afraid of clarity. They learn it. From childhood onward, many of us are trained, explicitly or implicitly, to soften our words, protect other people’s feelings, avoid discomfort and keep the peace at all costs. We’re told to be “nice,” to “not...
by Delaney Metcalf | Dec 10, 2025 | Opinion
There’s a pattern in human nature where people die in winter. This appears because of increased darkness, the colder weather affecting our bodies, and people hanging on until they say goodbye to loved ones. If you’re in the hospital, you might have a chaplain stop by...
by Delaney Metcalf | Dec 3, 2025 | Opinion
We live in a world that hands us stones every day. Not always literal rocks, but sometimes. Usually, our stones are words that cut, systems that fail, glances that slice. Every headline feels like a hammer. Every delay, a shove. Every accusation, a weight pressing on...
by Delaney Metcalf | Nov 19, 2025 | Opinion
The tables are set, and you’re sitting at one. Every day, in every room, we reenact the same quiet sorting: who belongs, who doesn’t, who gets welcomed, who gets ignored. It’s not just middle school lunchrooms anymore. It’s our churches, our neighborhoods, our social...
