by David Wheeler | Aug 18, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
In 1353, the bubonic plague or “the black death” first appeared in western Europe, and within a few years killed about one-third of the population. Apocalyptic fever swept through Italy and neighboring nations. It was as if the poor Christians were literally living...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 28, 2022 | News
More than one third (39%) of U.S. adults believe that we are “living in the end times,” according to a Pew Research Center report published December 8. Nearly half (47%) of all U.S. Christians agree, with Historically Black (76%) and evangelical (63%) Protestants...
by Chase Caldwell | Nov 22, 2022 | Opinion
We’re back on flood watch. And we’d almost forgotten there was such a thing. After a summer of nation-wide droughts and dry-spells, the once-mighty Mississippi had shrunk from its swollen spring heights to a seeming trickle this fall. In my hometown of Vidalia,...
by Jim Hopkins | Sep 14, 2020 | Opinion
Apocalypse. Armageddon. Plague. Judgment Day. Even in the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of the country noted for its low percentage of church attenders, religious language is being used by many to describe the recent fires, smoke-filled air and Wednesday’s surreal...
by Guy Sayles | May 1, 2020 | Opinion
I’ve written and deleted a half-dozen posts about the COVID-19 pandemic. I’ve deleted them because you don’t need my opinions about medicine, and you don’t want my political commentary. What I mostly wrote was a series of rants – cathartic, but not for the record....
