by Mitch Randall | May 19, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The 2023 Festival of Homiletics theme was “Preaching Hope for a Weary World.” Preachers from around the world descended on Minneapolis, Minnesota, this week to hear inspiring sermons and discuss the craft of preaching. After congregations endured a global pandemic –...
by Mitch Randall | May 11, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
I’ve written twice about gun violence in the last two months. After a 28-year-old assailant walked into a private elementary school on the grounds of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee, I called attention to certain citizens’ idolatry of the...
by Mitch Randall | May 4, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The Biltmore Estate outside of Asheville, North Carolina, is the only work of George Washington Vanderbilt II. The 178,926-square feet mansion was constructed between 1889 and 1895. It sits on 800,000 acres amid the Blue Ridge Mountains. Last year, a group of...
by Mitch Randall | Apr 20, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
When visitors to the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City walk into the opening exhibit, they are greeted by a 180-degree movie screen. Benches and stools are scattered, inviting people to sit, watch and listen. As patrons get comfortable, they give their attention...
by Mitch Randall | Apr 13, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted 5-0 to disapprove the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School’s application. In doing so, they rejected the Catholic church’s application to create “the first taxpayer-funded religious charter...