by Michael Chancellor | Oct 24, 2022 | Opinion
Why are some people apparently not thinking about much of anything? That thought was on my mind one recent morning, leading me to spend some time thinking about thinking. Thinking appears to be a risk for some because it is uncharted, unfamiliar territory. Some think...
by Jack Moline | Oct 21, 2022 | Opinion
My little black book of quotations has multiple entries from multiple people. Often, it is because a speech or essay contains more than one observation that demanded residence in my memory. Sometimes, it is because a person has an astonishingly consistent talent for...
by Mitch Carnell | Oct 21, 2022 | Opinion
The Black Lives Matter movement caused me to look at the privileges that being white has afforded me. An unexpected outcome from reading Sister Sandra Makowski’s book Searching for God and Finding the Treasure was being forced to look at the privileges that being male...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 20, 2022 | Opinion
Good Faith Media is hosting a writer’s retreat this week at Amicalola Falls State Park in the mountains of northern Georgia. Missy and I arrived a day early to prepare for the meeting and make sure our incoming attendees feel welcome. We left Oklahoma City at...
by Monty Self | Oct 20, 2022 | Opinion
Nearly seven million women of childbearing age have low or no access to basic obstetric services in their county of residence, according to the March of Dimes “Maternity Care Deserts Across the U.S.” biannual report. The long-term decline in maternity services...
by Randall Balmer | Oct 19, 2022 | Opinion
I wept in church recently. Didn’t see it coming, but during the refrain of “When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder” there it was. No one sings the old gospel songs like that anymore. Evangelicals perform what they call “praise music,” a kind of dreamy meditation that makes...
