by Laura Stephens-Reed | Nov 16, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
I was approaching college graduation and preparing for seminary when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting spree in the Columbine High School library on April 20, 1999. The news coverage played for days in my dorm’s lobby. It was all unfathomable: the loss...
by Craig Nash | Nov 15, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
As a child, my hometown of Chandler, Texas, was still very rural, with a population of just over 1,300. The intersection in town was just a four-way stop. My church was the center of my family’s life, at least when a high school football game wasn’t being...
by John Pierce | Nov 14, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Are you being persecuted? Probably not. Until we understand what persecution is and isn’t, we risk falsely applying this tragic term in self-serving ways — and doing a disservice to those who genuinely suffer wrongly for their convictions. Religious persecution has...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 14, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Before exploring the ethics of Nat Turner’s four-day slave revolt, it is important to plainly state my position, lest, as so often happens, people refusing to carefully read my writings impose upon them what they think are my opinions so as to dismiss me or my...
by Jack Moline | Nov 13, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Not everyone needs to go to college. I can make that statement now that my kids are finished and their tuition is paid off, but I would believe it if they were younger. The old slogan is true: “To get a good job, get a good education.” But, if the purpose of an...
by Terry York | Nov 10, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Veterans have taken an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. This oath places orders from the President and military officers under that constitution and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. In my case, as a...
