by Mitch Randall | Aug 3, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The need to call my bank or credit card company every few years has unfortunately become commonplace. I open my bank or credit account to discover unauthorized charges posted. Most of them are small expenses leading to the big one. Once, I had numerous small,...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 27, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Italian writer Dante Alighieri wrote about the nine circles of hell in his masterpiece, Inferno: Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery. With all due respect to Mr. Alighieri, I would like to add a tenth circle to this fiery chasm...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 20, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The greatest enemy of freedom is not white Christian nationalists breaching the U.S. Capitol. It’s white moderate — now centrist — Christian males advocating for civility over justice. On April 12, 1963, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and approximately 50 protesters...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 13, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
You may not believe me after reading my latest columns, but there was a day when I was a flaming fundamentalist. Enrolled in Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1993, I arrived on campus between the theological and ideological mindsets...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 6, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The travel gods decided this husband-and-wife duo needed to spend more time together. Returning from Atlanta, where Missy and I attended the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly, the clouds opened up in Saint Louis and a hailstorm grounded our plane,...