by Mitch Randall | Nov 2, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Over 1,400 Israelis dead and 5,400 injured. Over 9,000 Palestinians dead and 22,000 injured. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” The protracted conflict between Israel and Palestine has come to war. The barbaric acts of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 2, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Anyone old enough to read this column knows that plans may go awry, sometimes at the most inconvenient times. A recent reminder: For months, Susan and I had anticipated a memorable morning in a beautiful Japanese pocket garden in Torrance, California, just south of...
by Craig Nash | Nov 1, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
I woke up on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, as stunned as the rest of the world by the election results from the previous evening. Even those pleased with the outcome were doing double takes. All of us were left with the question, “What now?” After reflecting on this...
by Mary Alice Birdwhistell | Nov 1, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Kentucky author George Ella Lyon has a great poem titled “Where I’m From.” In it, she offers snapshots of her childhood growing up in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky and the people who have been part of her own story. Recently, my church enjoyed writing our own...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 31, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Syncretism is the amalgamation of things— like ideas, cultures, and religious thoughts and practices. We often see this in the blending of two distinct traditions into one that bears the marks of each of them. We know this firsthand when considering our popular...
by Justin Cox | Oct 31, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Over the years, I’ve clocked a fair number of hours inside the walls of libraries. As a conditioned student, I cut my teeth on Melvil Dewey’s Decimal System. I’d later adapt, evolve and learn to speak the language of Zotero fluently. When I...
