by Mitch Randall | Sep 8, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
As part of Pastors for Oklahoma Kids, an urgent message arrived in my email this week: Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters established a new “partnership” with PragerU, a radically conservative media company attempting to provide school resources nationwide....
by Mitch Randall | Sep 7, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
I had, for too many days, taken up residence in a land of despair. It might be the consecutive days of over 100 degrees at the end of summer. It might be the result of those extreme temperatures as another reminder we’ve run out of time to do anything substantial to...
by Mitch Randall | Aug 31, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
In 1873, German philologist Lorenz Diefenbach published a novel, “Arbeit Macht Frei.” The phrase translates to “Work Will Set You Free.” While the 19th-century novel tells the story of gamblers and fraudsters finding virtue through labor, the phrase was adapted by the...
by Mitch Randall | Aug 24, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where I received my Doctor of Ministry degree in 2009, received an exemption last week from the U.S. Department of Education concerning protective measures related to Title IX. According to The Washington Post, school officials asked...
by Mitch Randall | Aug 17, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The Parliament of the World’s Religions convened over 7,000 individuals from multiple faiths this week in Chicago. This year’s theme was “Defending Freedom and Human Rights.” As multiple cultures entered the assembly hall at the opening ceremony, filling the...
