by John D. Pierce | Jan 3, 2023 | Opinion
Sometimes we need to get into the weeds. That’s what Jesus did with his first followers. Jesus told a story to a crowd, according to Matthew 13:24-30, so they’d better understand what he meant by the kingdom of heaven. Using an agrarian metaphor, Jesus told of someone...
by Brenda McWilliams | Dec 30, 2022 | Opinion
I was awakened at 4 a.m. Christmas morning, not by “visions of sugar plums” but by the words of Dana Shapiro. “Moments that announce themselves as your subject are rare and there’s magic to them. Ignore them at your own peril,” she wrote in her 2020 book Still...
by James Gordon | Dec 30, 2022 | Opinion
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by Mitch Randall | Dec 29, 2022 | Opinion
It felt like a pause button was pushed in early 2020, as the global pandemic brought everything and everyone to a standstill a few months before Good Faith Media would launch. As 2022 unfolded, the world gained momentum as individuals, families and communities emerged...
by Justin Cox | Dec 29, 2022 | Opinion
My great-grandmother Grandmaw Martin used to say, “Nothing good happens after midnight.” As a young man, I lived the opposite of her statement. In the witching hours, I experienced some of my most pleasurable, fool-induced joys and a series of brushes with...
by Robert Callahan | Dec 29, 2022 | Opinion
The holiday season can make us sentimental. It’s natural to long for a time when we roasted marshmallows, warmed by the light of a fireplace rather than the dumpster fire the world around us has become. After all, marshmallows roasted over hot garbage don’t taste the...
