by John D. Pierce | Aug 29, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
White Americanized Christians are easily seduced. They are drawn in large numbers to authoritarian personalities like squirrels to a freshly-filled bird feeder. Some slick-talking autocrat can stir up fear — and then offer himself as the one to save them from it. And...
by Cally Chisholm | Aug 29, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, known simply as Hozier, released his third album last week to the great joy and excitement of his loyal fanbase. In “Unreal Unearth,” the Irish folk/soul singer packs in the literary references, this time citing Jonathan Swift’s 1729...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 28, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
In 1963, people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to envision and catalyze change. Sixty years later, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream remains unmatched in its prophetic demand. Named the greatest speech of the 20th century in 1999, King’s “I Have a...
by Justin Cox | Aug 25, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
I must have let out more “Amens” than a Pentecostal while listening to Woody Guthrie’s song “Jesus Christ” for the first time. Jesus Christ was a man who traveled through the land Hard working man and brave. He said to the rich,...
by Mitch Randall | Aug 24, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where I received my Doctor of Ministry degree in 2009, received an exemption last week from the U.S. Department of Education concerning protective measures related to Title IX. According to The Washington Post, school officials asked...
by Colin Harris | Aug 24, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
“Betraying the public trust” is a phrase long used to describe persons who have acted contrary to the confidence and intentions of those who put them in a place to do so. It can happen in large “publics” like national life, and in small ones, like a church, club, or...
