by Starlette Thomas | Feb 21, 2022 | Opinion
The Jan. 6 insurrection is yet another reminder that the storyteller matters. Too many descriptions by political pundits about last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol Building are played down. Some would say the people involved were merely trespassing. They came for a...
by Colin Harris | Mar 16, 2021 | Opinion
Particular events are often expressions of undercurrents that have been around all along. Somehow, with the right provocation, they emerge on the surface of our personal or collective lives. Investigations of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol have disclosed the...
by Colin Harris | Dec 7, 2020 | Opinion
My longstanding default concept of the season of Advent has been a “time of preparation,” when both the material activities and the spiritual reflections focus on the coming gift of Christmas and all that it means for our faith orientation to life. This year’s Advent...
by Michael Chancellor | Dec 4, 2020 | Opinion
The United States has suffered a grave malady over the last 20 years or so. I will call it “a hardening of the categories.” This most recent election gives us a clear illustration of what exactly I reference. The Republicans threw stones at the Democrats calling them...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 17, 2020 | Opinion
“By some amazing but vastly creative spiritual insight the slave undertook the redemption of a religion that the master had profaned in his midst.” That insightful quote by Howard Thurman popped up again recently in Jennifer Butler’s new book, Who Stole My Bible? It...
