by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Jan 27, 2026 | Opinion
I’ve never been a violent person. Even so, I am intimately familiar with the language of violence. I was introduced to it as a teenager in the early 2000s in my charismatic evangelical youth group. Church leaders encouraged us to go everywhere with our “sword” so we...
by Jonathan Greer | Jan 25, 2026 | Opinion
I began 2026 with the grand idea of reading through the Bible in a year. It has been a slow start, not because I am not reading, but because I keep returning to certain texts for closer reading. Genesis is fascinating, full of stories about how the Hebrew people...
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | Jan 21, 2026 | Opinion
When I was 15 years old, my mother took my sister and me from our home in London, Ontario to Los Angeles to visit our aunt. To us, LA felt like a different universe. It was warm with a light, gentle breeze, endless beaches and loads of sunshine we didn’t have back...
by Michelle Wahila | Jan 15, 2026 | Opinion
We are now mid-January in what already feels like the longest year on record. News headlines from the first ten days of 2026 could make anyone weep— from renewed airstrikes in Syria to Iran’s bloody crackdown on dissent to Ukraine’s ongoing battlefields and widespread...
by Scott C Ryan | Jan 15, 2026 | Opinion
A line from Jason Isbell’s song “Cast Iron Skillet” often replays in my mind: “This town won’t get no better, will it?” I have little hope these days that humans will act in the interest of others rather than themselves. I find it difficult to muster the confidence...
