by Monty Self | Jan 18, 2023 | Opinion
Hospitals were flooded with Respiratory Syncytial Virus cases in November 2022 at a rate almost five times the rate in 2021. Fortunately, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the hospitalization rate dropped to 2021-2022 levels in December, but...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 17, 2023 | Opinion
January 17 is the National Day of Racial Healing. It is part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation effort, a national endeavor that is community-based and hopes to bring about transformational change. The W.K. Kellogg...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 17, 2023 | Opinion
Every pastor hears it: Just do what one of your predecessors did a few decades ago and all will be well within congregational life. Nope. Yet, somewhere in that row of dusty and successive portraits — likely lining a wall enroute to the sanctuary — is the image of a...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Jan 17, 2023 | Opinion
It’s January, and you know what that means: an endless barrage of “New Year, New You” advertisements from every marketing outlet available. I’ve lost count of the number of ads I’ve seen for gym memberships, diet supplements, weight loss surgery and meal plans – all...
by Larrin R. Robertson | Jan 13, 2023 | Opinion
America’s Declaration of Independence is a political document written to dissolve England’s ruling relationship over its 13 colonies in America. As the authors of America’s declaration believed independence to be an entitlement corresponding with “the Laws of Nature...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 13, 2023 | Opinion
There is a reason why Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday sticks out each year. Long before all the states finally agreed to make it a national holiday, King’s work and witness was celebrated because he was a “transformed nonconformist.” King didn’t simply talk about...
