by Delaney Metcalf | Apr 8, 2026 | Opinion
Some people grow up emotionally held, mirrored and known. Then there are those like me who grew up too fast because we had to become adults long before we ever had the chance to be a child. Any type of neglect prevents growth. It creates gaps in emotional development,...
by Tommy Airy | Apr 8, 2026 | Opinion
On the 11th day of Lent, the US and Israel began bombing Iran. Again. Almost immediately, they murdered more than 170 children at an elementary school in Minab. Thousands have been killed across the region. To add insult to injury, millions of American...
by Mitch Randall | Apr 7, 2026 | Opinion
MAGA, the time to make a decision is now. In the words of holy Scripture, “Whom will you serve” (Joshua 24:15)? On Easter morning, the President of the United States posted a deeply offensive and bigoted statement on Truth Social. Addressing the Iran War, he wrote,...
by Mark Sandlin | Apr 7, 2026 | Opinion
By the time we arrive at progressive Christianity, many of us have already come to the conclusion that faith and thinking don’t mix. We have heard, loud and clear, if not always directly, that questions lead to weakening of belief, that doubt must be squashed, that...
by Eileen R. Campbell-Reed | Apr 7, 2026 | Opinion
Last month, I plunged into an intensive course in Women’s History when I traveled to New York to spend a week at the United Nations for its 70th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). As a member of the ecumenical women’s delegation, I met many articulate and...
by Paul Lewis | Apr 7, 2026 | Opinion
It is well known that Western modernity has emphasized freedom from many things, among them capricious rulers, superstition, and religious authority. What is the cost, however, if freedom is untethered from profound commitments to the good, the true, and the...
