by Joy Moton | Mar 25, 2021 | Opinion
This summer, the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other unarmed Black individuals at the hands of police officers confronted the nation with the undeniable truth about systemic racism. It was no surprise that the news reports, videos and...
by John A. Jones IV | Mar 6, 2020 | Opinion
The first Tuesday of Lent and Super Tuesday coincided this week. To me at least, this week’s election primary signals the true beginning of an eight-month long horserace that is the campaign for the office of President of the United States of America. The never-ending...
by Ron Rolheiser | Nov 13, 2018 | Opinion
Recently, I attended a symposium where the keynote speaker was a man exactly my age. Because we had both lived through the same cultural and religious changes in our lives, I resonated with much of what he said and with how he felt about things. And in his assessment...
by Christopher Schilling | Jul 3, 2018 | Opinion
I found myself sitting in front of an ordination committee five years ago as I was seeking to become an ordained minister. It had been a long and difficult experience for me. While I had finished my educational program to become an ordained minister, a learning...
by Mark Tidsworth | Nov 15, 2017 | Opinion
A comment from a nearby table at a local coffee shop quickly grabbed my attention. A group of 20-somethings suddenly laughed when one of them said, “I love what Jesus was about, but I couldn’t be a Christian. I’m just not angry enough at everyone in...
