by Mitch Randall | Mar 9, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The term “woke” has been championed by those seeking more knowledge about issues and decried by others for being an overzealous attempt to reinterpret reality. Some politicians have picked up the term, lashing out at “wokeness” as if it were an extension of extreme...
by Colin Harris | Mar 9, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
All U.S. states have legal requirements that children between ages 6 and 16 attend school — public, private or an approved process of home-schooling. Exceptions for special circumstances are there, as well as variations between states, but the general rule is that...
by Margot Hodson | Mar 8, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Do you sometimes find it hard to match your expectations with reality? We can embark out in life with all kinds of dreams and ideals, but the reality of life can seem very different. We can be crushed by the difficulties that come our way, and it is easy to look back...
by Chris Smith | Mar 8, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
In 1983, scholar and theologian, Dr. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza published her seminal work, In Memory of Her: A Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Christian Origins. The work for women’s equality continues but may it be done in memory of the women who inspire...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 8, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
A theological debate is taking place within the Church of England as theologians discuss if they should refer to God in gender-neutral terms. If God is not a “he,” should our language reflect this complexity? Should the proper theologically based pronouns for God...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 7, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
I didn’t play a lot of organized sports growing up — but a whole lot of unorganized sports, especially baseball and softball. Rarely did I don a uniform, and I have but one little scratched-up trophy: “Boynton All-Stars 1968.” Coaches weren’t knocking down my doors,...
