by Miguel A. De La Torre | Dec 10, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Suchitlán Lake is about an hour-and-a-half drive from San Salvador, mainly along backroads. Once there, we board a small powerboat named la Esperancito, “the little hope,” to continue our pilgrimage. We traverse the serene lake, hugged by undulating shores, for over...
by Justin Bronson Barringer | Dec 10, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Twenty years ago, I heard Greg Boyd’s sermon series “The Cross and the Sword,” one of the most compelling I have ever heard. The series later became the basis for his book “The Myth of a Christian Nation.” Boyd challenged me to think deeply about the...
by Starlette Thomas | Dec 9, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Many have pointed out the deep problems in the faith of American Christians, especially its accommodating complacency, which has resulted in the disinterest of younger generations. Prophets keep watch from the periphery and in subcommunities of resistance, which are...
by Mitch Randall | Dec 6, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
The United Kingdom’s House of Commons backed a proposal last week 330-275 to permit terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of six months or less to seek assistance to end their own lives. The practice is known as “aid-in-dying.” While the bill still faces an...
by Craig Nash | Dec 6, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following appeared at Good Faith Media in January. We are re-sharing it to celebrate today’s release of the deluxe edition of “Where the Flowers Meet the Dew,” which can be purchased or streamed wherever you get your music. It is unlikely the...
by Jack Moline | Dec 5, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Eric Hoffer was a longshoreman during the middle of the last century. He grew up in a hardscrabble existence, orphaned, itinerant and impoverished. Early in his life, he recovered somewhat unexpectedly from an injury that took most of his vision. To protect the return...
