by Lloyd Mann | Mar 5, 2026 | Opinion
Much of my life, I have been an immigrant. Born in Oklahoma City, I emigrated at age 6 with my mother and sister to Japan in 1947 to join my father, an Army chaplain, as some of the first civilians to enter Japan after World War II. We were stared at, laughed at and...
by Sean Palmer | Mar 2, 2026 | Opinion
Marty Supreme, nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, is a chaotic and cautionary tale about what happens when selfish ambition runs amok. It is a morality play and a mirror for modern America. Marty, played by Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet, isn’t interested in...
by Jason Edwards | Feb 25, 2026 | Opinion
Jesus never had much of a honeymoon with his hometown. One minute, he was the golden boy. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked, beaming with borrowed pride. Quickly, though, they were dragging him to the edge of town to throw him off a cliff (Luke 4:14-30)....
by Justin Cox | Feb 10, 2026 | Opinion
In the fourth pew on the right, from the pulpit’s perspective, I sat quietly. Afraid to move, afraid to breathe, for the better part of an hour. My attendance in such settings was fickle most of the year. My parents, never the Bible-thumping type, took little issue...
by Tyler Tankersley | Feb 6, 2026 | Opinion
When Eugene Peterson was serving as a pastor in New York City, the church’s janitor was a man named Willi Ossa. Willi carried a deep suspicion of churches and Christians. A German by birth, he had watched his childhood pastor become an ardent Nazi and witnessed...
