by Donna Church | May 3, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
We are born with the need to tell and to hear stories. They provide insights and help us to understand the world and to connect with others. As we share our stories with family and friends, we share our experiences and strengthen our intimacy with one another by...
by John D. Pierce | May 2, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Berry College in the 1970s was truly a community. Its rather small student body fostered close friendships. Even unacquainted students greeted each other when passing on campus. Likely, they knew each other’s name. Being identified as Christian, and practicing the...
by Michael Chancellor | May 2, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The aftershocks of the pandemic continue to challenge us in the area of mental health. However, it is unwise to place all the blame on the pandemic for the worsening mental health issues in the United States. Prior to the pandemic, rates of mental illness in the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 2, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The Hebrew Bible introduces a tribal deity fighting Canaanite deities for land supremacy, instructing God’s people to do likewise. God’s chosen, liberated from Egypt’s bondage, are led to a Promised Land, which inconveniently, is already occupied. The solution?...
by Starlette Thomas | May 1, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Unfortunately, it remains a stigma for many Christians, who believe that “more faith” is the answer. But mental illness does not prove a lack of faith. Instead, faith leaders and congregations could offer safe space for persons...
by Wendell Griffen | Apr 28, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Harry Belafonte died on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the full age of 96 years in his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in New York City, reportedly (according to his longtime spokesperson, Ken Sunshine) due to congestive heart failure. As befitting someone of...
