by Keith Herron | Dec 8, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
To all the believers who worship the resurrected Christ: Grace to you and peace and comfort to all those who have lost someone they love. I write to offer an honest reflection on the nature of death and grief. Is there a more universal human experience we all share...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Dec 7, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
In early November, I took a day trip to New York City with some of my closest friends. We saw things you’d expect the typical New York City tourist to see: Times Square, Central Park, and so on. What we didn’t expect to see, though, was a massive Free Palestine...
by Craig Nash | Dec 6, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Early this year, I stumbled across “Boomerang Town,” the title track from folk singer Jaimee Harris’ sophomore album, and thought, “This song is giving me serious ‘Waco vibes.’” After I went to YouTube to watch the animated video for the song, the images that appeared...
by Michael Parnell | Dec 6, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
We have entered the season of Oscar bait, which is when studios trot out films at the end of the year in hopes of getting enough eyes to watch and buzz generated to get a nomination. “Napoleon” falls into this category. There are some aspects of the film truly worthy...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 5, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
After watching too many episodes of “This Old House” and the early HGTV shows (before home renovation became so silly, competitive and dramatic), we once bought a house project. The owners had built the house 50 years earlier and made it into a comfortable home. It...
by Chuck Poole | Dec 5, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
On a hot summer Sunday in August of 2023, the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost in the sacred season known as Ordinary Time, I was blessed to visit both Rosa Parks’ Montgomery church, St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Montgomery...
