by Craig Nash | Sep 4, 2026 | Opinion
Growing up, Labor Day meant two things: watching my favorite singers perform for 24 hours straight on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon and attending the Labor Day picnic on the grounds of the Kelly-Springfield (later Goodyear) union hall. I often saw the picnic as a...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 3, 2026 | Opinion
He who smelt it dealt it. This pearl of wisdom remains a common expression among children in schoolyards, too young to comprehend the concept of gaslighting. In their minds, this childish attempt to divert blame from the complicity of the one complaining that someone...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Sep 3, 2026 | Opinion
I do not know a world without Dolly Parton in it. She was already a rising star a decade before I was born, and I cannot remember a time in my life when she wasn’t a larger-than-life figure. We didn’t worship her in my home, but her voice was an ever-present...
by Leah Davis | Sep 2, 2026 | Opinion
The lectionary strikes again. I could not have chosen better texts to preach through as we approach what’s to come in our country over the next few months. This fall, the lectionary tells the story of the people in Exodus. Beginning with Moses’ birth and calling, all...
by Michael Chancellor | Sep 2, 2026 | Opinion
Bullies with bullets and badges (BBBs) walking the streets, stopping or arresting people without cause, don’t make me feel safer, even in our own house of worship. Currently, our congregation rents space from a Hispanic congregation that owns the building. Two weeks...
by Wanda Kidd | Sep 2, 2026 | Opinion
One of the greatest talents a person can possess is the ability to “read a room.” No matter how talented you are, what data you have to share, or how attractive you are at an event, if you can’t read the room and see what is happening in the moment, you’re just...
