by Tony W. Cartledge | May 5, 2021 | Feature, Opinion
We all saw the sad news from Israel last Thursday (April 29) when 45 people were crushed to death and 150 others injured during a Lag B’Omer festival in Meron, a town in upper Galilee, about 18 miles northwest of Capernaum. An estimated 100,000 people had gathered for...
by Brian Kaylor | May 5, 2021 | Feature-, Opinion
The alliance between white evangelicals and Donald Trump hurt the witness of Christians in our country and around the world. While many commentators have noted this over the past few years, one area not often discussed comes with the treatment of the press. The former...
by John D. Pierce | May 4, 2021 | Opinion
My great-grandfather, Calvin Berry Pierce, was a strapping man who wasn’t particularly patient, so my dad told me during one of our front porch conversations many years ago. Therefore, I’m living proof that a less-than-positive trait can travel at least four...
by Mark Wingfield | May 4, 2021 | Opinion
As a 19-year-old, I experienced a spiritual calling to journalism. And it happened while watching TV. No, I wasn’t called to ministry by a televangelist. My calling came through the voice of Ed Asner, who in December 1980 was playing the role of a newspaper editor on...
by Ben Brown | May 4, 2021 | Opinion
Everyone else was on vacation when our church became mixed up with the state. I was notified during Holy Week that someone from the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) might contact me while other members of the ministerial staff were away following Easter Sunday....
by Starlette Thomas | May 3, 2021 | Opinion
Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Derek Chauvin was found guilty three times over, convicted of the death of George Floyd by a jury of his peers. The verdict is in. Now, we all know who killed George Floyd. That’s certain, crystal clear like the tears I cried in sweet relief....
