by Michael Chancellor | Aug 13, 2026 | Opinion
I had a wonderful experience yesterday at the “Back to School Bash,” put on by Hand & Harvest in Taylor, Texas. I’m past the age of doing the heavy lifting required to set up an event like this. In past Hand & Harvest events, I was usually given a table, a...
by Mary Dyer | Jun 22, 2026 | Opinion
Sunday began with my spouse, Sheryl, filling the pulpit. I sat in the back row, trying to hear her homily on trust, since I needed hearing assistance to hear clearly. Her homily was titled “Sarah Laughed,” based on Sarah’s laughter when the two visitors told her she...
by Chuck Poole | Jun 9, 2026 | Opinion
“You must not do harm to the immigrant” (Exodus 22:21). “Do not oppress the immigrant” (Exodus 23:9). “The immigrant shall be to you as one born among you; you shall love the immigrant as yourself” (Leviticus 19:33-34). “Because all the land in the world belongs to...
by Ben Fountain | Jun 1, 2026 | Opinion
In second grade, my art and science teacher had a poster of Albert Einstein in her classroom that always caught my attention. Einstein was making a face as if someone had goosed him on the head or perhaps had an epiphany over something he had been thinking about. It...
by Jason Edwards | May 22, 2026 | Opinion
I first encountered the phrase “heart language” during cross-cultural training, years before I understood what it meant. At the time, it felt like a bit of mission vocabulary, a phrase you underline once and move past. But later, living among immigrants and refugees...
