by Brooke Holloway Blake | Jan 8, 2026 | Opinion
I cannot stop thinking about the story projected onto the Washington Monument on Monday night. The video was part of the final day of a weeklong celebration, kicking off the anniversary of the United States. So far, I have seen and read only adulation for the...
by Kristopher Norris | Jan 8, 2026 | Opinion
Several years ago, I began an annual practice of giving my children a final gift on Epiphany. The purpose was to remind them that Christmas lasts more than one day, with the twelve days of Christmas occurring after December 25. Epiphany is also its own season, leading...
by Craig Nash | Jan 7, 2026 | Opinion
In his book Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith, Richard Foster identified six streams of spirituality that flow into the wider river of Christian practice and thought. These include the charismatic, contemplative, evangelical,...
by Delaney Metcalf | Jan 7, 2026 | Opinion
Most people aren’t born afraid of clarity. They learn it. From childhood onward, many of us are trained, explicitly or implicitly, to soften our words, protect other people’s feelings, avoid discomfort and keep the peace at all costs. We’re told to be “nice,” to “not...
by Michael Chancellor | Jan 7, 2026 | Opinion
How can we address the high rates of sexual violence against women (and some men) in the United States? Like the painter who realizes too late that he has painted himself into a corner, I have come to realize this epidemic has been going on for a very long time....
by Rev. Iyalosha Latishia James Rev. Lyndsey Godwin | Jan 6, 2026 | Opinion
January 6th forces American Christians to confront two starkly different stories. One is now five years old: the mobbing of the U.S. Capitol by Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other right-wing groups in an attempted coup—many carrying crosses, chanting prayers, and...
