by Mitch Randall | Nov 14, 2025 | Opinion
When I was a young boy growing up in Oklahoma, one of my favorite pastimes during the summer was digging holes. There wasn’t much to do in the Sooner State in the 1970s, so we had to play in the dirt. It was better than chasing tumbleweeds, which was another...
by Craig Nash | Nov 13, 2025 | Opinion
The first argument about religion I remember engaging in was in junior high, sitting on the gym bleachers. I don’t recall what we were doing in the gym or how the conversation began, but I know how quickly it escalated when I boldly declared to my friends, “Religion...
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | Nov 13, 2025 | Opinion
Our family immigrated from Korea to Canada in 1975. Since then, I have experienced racism throughout much of my life, which has been painful and exhausting. As a theologian, I have reflected on these experiences in my books, sermons and public writing—not because I...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Nov 12, 2025 | Opinion
This week, my wife and I celebrate our eighth wedding anniversary. I remember the day we got married fondly. Surrounded by some of our closest friends and dearest loved ones, we made a commitment to one another and to God to be each other’s rock. Eight years later, I...
by Sharon Jacob | Nov 12, 2025 | Opinion
There is a scene in the Mahābhārata that feels hauntingly relevant today. Exhausted and parched, the Pandava brothers come upon a shimmering lake guarded by a crane. One by one, the brothers ignore the crane’s warning not to drink before answering its questions. Each...
by Hayoung Park | Nov 11, 2025 | Opinion
Earlier this year, the new presidential administration initiated sweeping reductions to the federal government that reshaped the nation’s social safety net. One of the most significant budget cuts has been to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which...
