by Michael Chancellor | Oct 9, 2025 | Opinion
In 2022, Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, declared, “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new-age term that…does a lot of damage.” I wasn’t aware of this quote until after Kirk’s assassination. The...
by Michael Chancellor | Oct 3, 2025 | Opinion
While visiting our son Joseph in Thailand during his two-year assignment as a Journeyman for the International Mission Board, he remarked that in his host country, “traffic laws are mere suggestions.” I laughed and have remembered that observation. Today, I feel as...
by Michael Chancellor | Sep 23, 2025 | Opinion
I’ve never been a “mind changer.” Rather, over the years of my education, ministry and counseling practices—both within the prison system and outside—and now in retirement, I continue to learn, study and reflect on what I’ve learned. I’m also long...
by Michael Chancellor | Sep 18, 2025 | Opinion
It felt like years. I was on my hands and knees, scrubbing our “self-cleaning” oven and the task felt endless. I’ve learned there are at least two kinds of these appliances. There are those you set and forget, returning to a pristine interior when...
by Michael Chancellor | Sep 10, 2025 | Opinion
With the daily news of Jeffrey Epstein’s victimization of young women revealing new layers to his crimes, it is helpful to consider the components of sexual assault and the tools that survivors can use in the wake of assault. Sexual predator behavior, in all its...
