by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 7, 2022 | Opinion
Come with me back to Thanksgiving Day at our house, where we weren’t expecting a crowd – just two of our sons – but Susan had the stove working overtime for much of the day. We were roasting a turkey for the sake of the boys, so it had been in the oven for more than...
by George E. Oliver | Dec 7, 2022 | Opinion
The legendary Sandy Ray once preached of the nature of the prophetic and that it’s not so much there’s a voice crying in the wilderness, as it is that “the wilderness needs a voice.” Wild is a pretty apt description of what has been taking place in our nation and...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 7, 2022 | Opinion
Citizenship matters. Not in some ethereal or patriotic sense of pride at being a citizen of a certain nation, but in tangible ways that confer rights and protections not afforded to non-citizens. The Apostle Paul knew this when faced with being flogged and possibly...
by George E. Oliver | Dec 6, 2022 | Opinion
The world needs people willing to change their religion. I’m not actually suggesting mass hopping or swapping between houses of faith, but a mass movement, individually and collectively, to transform whole faiths. Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Dec 6, 2022 | Opinion
I write these words sitting on an old, uncomfortable, wooden pew in an almost 500-year-old cathedral nestled at the foot of a volcano and adjacent to Lake Atitlán. When my conquistador ancestors entered the Mayan village named “house of the birds,” they tore down the...
by Starlette Thomas | Dec 5, 2022 | Opinion
Sponsored by the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, tis’ the season for neat nativity scenes after Mary’s labor and delivery. During Advent, I am unwrapping Jesus, stripping away the ceramic finish of this both natural and miraculous event. I am questioning every hair on...
