by Kristin Kirkland | Mar 27, 2026 | Opinion
I never imagined I would have beef with a monkey from the Tokyo zoo. My problem isn’t with poor Panchi-kun (Punch). The Japanese macaque captured the hearts of social media in late February as he and his stuffed IKEA toy inspired reaction videos, funny parodies and...
by Bailey Thompson | Mar 27, 2026 | Opinion
Amazing grace (how sweet the sound) that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see. At a worship event for disability ministry leaders, the worship leader introduced our next song, “Amazing Grace.” As he began speaking,...
by Jerome Enriquez John | Feb 24, 2026 | Opinion
Across denominations and continents, a quiet exodus is underway. Young people are stepping away from church. Not always angrily. Not always loudly. But steadily. Recent data confirms the shift. According to the Pew Research Center (2023), 28% of U.S. adults now...
by Andy Hale | Feb 3, 2026 | Opinion
We are living in an age of sorting. Algorithms reward outrage. Social media curates certainty. Political identities harden into tribes. Even our religious communities—once places of shared formation and moral imagination—are increasingly shaped by homogeneity and...
by Wyatt Moyer | Jan 22, 2026 | Opinion
It was late November of 2024 when I found it. While decorating the United Church of Lincoln for the Advent and Christmas season, I reached down into the pulpit, a place where thousands of sermons had been preached over many years. I found a hammer at rest on a shelf—a...
