by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 26, 2022 | Opinion
I stand in defense of looking sideways – not with the suspicion of a sidewise glance or the malice of a side-eye – but sideways, as in “around,” on either side. The thought occurred to me about halfway to Hemlock Falls, way in the boonies of North Georgia, where Susan...
by Colin Harris | Jan 26, 2022 | Opinion
Our two-year-long journey through the dark valley of the COVID-19 pandemic has suffered the loss of a multitude of victims here and across the globe. Few have not been touched in some way personally by these losses. Words like “unprecedented” and “immeasurable” have...
by Lee B. Spitzer | Jan 26, 2022 | Opinion
Have you ever asked, “How can I make a difference in the face of such overwhelming evil?” It is easy to become discouraged and passive in response to manifestations of systemic evil. How does one make a difference in the struggle, for example, against racism,...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 25, 2022 | Opinion
Everybody likes rewards — from free chicken sandwiches to free flights and hotel stays. Rewards are also used as incentives for recovering a lost pet or wallet. But should we think of Christianity as being reward-based? Can one rightly embrace Jesus’ radical call to...
by Rachel Ain | Jan 25, 2022 | Opinion
I don’t like thinking of myself as someone where fear was a narrative thread in my life and yet, there have been moments in my life when I was taught to be afraid. As a child of the 80’s, I was terrified of AIDS. I was told not to drink and drive. I remember Nancy...
by Jack Moline | Jan 24, 2022 | Opinion
International Holocaust Remembrance Day was established by the United Nations to commemorate the deaths of six million Jews and three million others at the hands of the Nazi murder machine during World War II. The date designated, Jan. 27, is the anniversary of the...
