by Starlette Thomas | Apr 14, 2025 | Opinion
From “hands up; don’t shoot” to “hands off,” listen to the difference in language when African and European Americans make demands of their leaders. One reassures the hearer to maintain their safety and assumes the threat of violence while the other just makes their...
by Ken Sehested | Apr 14, 2025 | Opinion
We stand on the cusp of Jesus’ final, “triumphal” entry into Jerusalem, his rhetorical jousting with religious authorities, culminating in his inevitable confrontation with Rome’s rulers and the Temple’s bouncers. How great would it be if “getting right with God” were...
by Mitch Randall | Apr 11, 2025 | Opinion
As 224,000,000 Christians in the United States enter Holy Week, a question echoes through the streets of ancient Jerusalem and Main Street U.S.A. Pontius Pilate posed the question after religious leaders accused him of showing empathy and compassion towards Jesus. The...
by Stephanie Brueggeman | Apr 11, 2025 | Opinion
In the fall of 1999, during the Y2K panic, a small piece of news caught my eye. The Southern Baptist Convention, Catholic League and other religious groups were pressuring their members and followers to boycott the film “Dogma.” Being a small-town Baptist girl, I had...
by Craig Nash | Apr 10, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s note and Content Warning: The following contains spoilers for the first half of the first episode of the sixth season of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” It also alludes to plot points in later episodes and contains mentions of rape. This week, Hulu released the first...
by Jamie Marich | Apr 10, 2025 | Opinion
“That completely makes sense that you would be going to seminary.” “Why are you going to seminary? You already have a great career where you’re well-established. You do a lot of spiritual things with that.” “I didn’t realize that you were so religious. That’s sad.”...
