by Michael Chancellor | Nov 24, 2021 | Opinion
The holiday season following a significant loss is often the hardest. For that reason, compassion, care, kindness and patience need to guide the interactions during this stressful time. Isolating and staying away does not make it easier. In fact, there is great...
by Michael Chancellor | Nov 8, 2021 | Opinion
Many white evangelical Christians in the U.S. find themselves in bondage to several idols or false gods. They became a cult of the previous president, with his lies and conspiracy theories serving as their “divine revelations.” But that one god is not enough. There is...
by Michael Chancellor | Nov 1, 2021 | Opinion
I learned a lot about suicide during my six years working in Polunsky prison unit in east Texas. As the mental health manager and, for most of that time, the overseer of psychological observation cells, we had over 1,000 suicidal outcries but no suicides from our...
by Michael Chancellor | Oct 27, 2021 | Opinion
There are indications many Americans need to go back to remedial citizenship class. At the front of the class need to be a number of politicians who possess dangerously myopic understandings of what it means to be a citizen of the United States. This class needs to...
by Michael Chancellor | Oct 5, 2021 | Opinion
I grew up in the home of a patriot who did not make a big deal about his military service. My father did not fondle a flag every time he saw one or wear his patriotism on his sleeve. But he enlisted in the Marines, fought in some of the worst battles in the South...