by Mitch Randall | Oct 14, 2021 | Opinion
I am a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation whose ancestors lived peacefully on the lands of present-day Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee for centuries. While most everyone knows me as Mitch Randall, my other name was given to me by a Comanche Chief: NUMUKUTSU, which...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 13, 2021 | Opinion
The genocide of the Indigenous peoples of North America began 529 years ago this week. On Oct. 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus set foot on what is now called The Bahamas, claiming Spanish ownership of the land and its inhabitants. Funded by Queen Isabella and King...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 7, 2021 | Jesus Worldview Initiative|Opinion
The late theologian Phyllis Tickle argued in her book, The Great Emergence, that the church goes through a “rummage sale” approximately every 500 years. It was her belief that we are currently “living in and through one of those five-hundred-year sales.” Tickle’s...
by Mitch Randall | Sep 24, 2021 | Opinion
It’s been a hard week. Pentagon officials verified on Sept. 17 that an Aug. 29 a drone strike killed 10 civilians, including children. The Pentagon characterized it as a “tragic mistake.” In an attempt to seek “retribution” for an attack that killed 13 U.S....
by Mitch Randall | Sep 16, 2021 | Opinion
We were so close to returning to what felt like normal activity just a few short weeks ago. We were returning to work, gathering for worship and removing our masks to reveal our smiles. Then, in what seemed like the blink of an eye, the Delta variant of COVID-19...
