by Christian D. Senter | Oct 29, 2025 | Opinion
Once upon a time, the World of Oceania consisted of five lands of talking animals: Westa, Easta, Afri, Lati, and Ameri. Each land prided itself on its variety of morel mushrooms. And each land was led by a pig. Many of Westa, Easta, Afri and Lati’s leaders were...
by Craig Nash | Oct 28, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: The USDA recently announced that if the government remains shut down at the end of this week, recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) won’t receive benefits for November. The following is adapted from “Feeding Jesus:...
by bruce.salmon | Oct 28, 2025 | Opinion
I retired in 2018 at 66 and a half years old after serving for 33 years as pastor of Village Baptist Church in Bowie, Maryland. Before that, I served for eight years as associate pastor of Montgomery Hills Baptist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, another D.C....
by Starlette Thomas | Oct 27, 2025 | Opinion
Before ICE raids terrorized American neighborhoods, there was stop-and-frisk. In marginalized communities, where its members’ civil liberties have been historically threatened by organized violence, the country behaving like a police state is unsurprising. Political...
by Randall Balmer | Oct 27, 2025 | Opinion
The fiftieth anniversary of Willow Creek Community Church provides an occasion to consider the impact of megachurches on the landscape of American evangelicalism. In October 1975, Bill Hybels, a former youth pastor and graduate of now-defunct Trinity College in...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 24, 2025 | Opinion
America is in a free fall, desperately in need of a new direction. Since the inauguration of Donald J. Trump for a second term as President of the United States, the country and its people have been wandering about as nomads, either clinging to the president’s murky...
