by Delaney Metcalf | Jan 20, 2026 | Opinion
There are moments in life when something shifts. Not loudly, not chaotically, but unmistakably. You walk into a room you’ve been in a hundred times, and suddenly the air feels different. The emotional tone of the room shifts. People speak more softly. They look at...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 19, 2026 | Opinion
The Raceless Gospel is part proclamation, part embodied praxis. The integration of physical engagement with belief strengthens my conviction that we are all God’s children and race is not a genealogical indicator. Feet to pavement, I am convinced following Jesus...
by Ken Sehested | Jan 19, 2026 | Opinion
I vividly remember the exact moment. I was in seminary, having fled my native South to New York City. I was embarrassed at being a Baptist, at being a white Southerner, and not entirely sure if I was a believer. But the “God question” wouldn’t go away. A mighty...
by Mitch Randall | Jan 16, 2026 | Opinion
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents move through Minneapolis neighborhoods, knocking on doors and demanding people prove their citizenship, echoes of 1930s Germany (and the Jim Crow South) can be heard with every knock and forced entry. When Adolf...
by Michelle Wahila | Jan 15, 2026 | Opinion
We are now mid-January in what already feels like the longest year on record. News headlines from the first ten days of 2026 could make anyone weep— from renewed airstrikes in Syria to Iran’s bloody crackdown on dissent to Ukraine’s ongoing battlefields and widespread...
by Scott C Ryan | Jan 15, 2026 | Opinion
A line from Jason Isbell’s song “Cast Iron Skillet” often replays in my mind: “This town won’t get no better, will it?” I have little hope these days that humans will act in the interest of others rather than themselves. I find it difficult to muster the confidence...
