by Danielle L Bridgeforth | Mar 15, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
One of the goals of the Lenten season is to purify our hearts and refocus our minds. As we journey toward the cross, remembering the suffering and sacrifice of Christ, we are to surrender ourselves to the LORD anew, reconfirming our commitment to trust God. This...
by Jim Hopkins | Feb 9, 2022 | Opinion
In preparation for Black History Month 2022, I read Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America by Keisha N. Blain. Hamer’s story is integral to the history of the struggle for Black voting rights, women’s empowerment, economic rights and human...
by Jack Moline | Aug 26, 2021 | Opinion
Almost everywhere I turn, I bump into something smart that Leon Wieseltier said. That’s not to say that I always agree with him, but I admire his clarity of thought. He belongs in a cohort of public thinkers like Ellen Goodman, Michael Gerson, Michelle Singletary,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 26, 2017 | Opinion
One of the more interesting books I picked up at the Society of Biblical Literature meeting is a new one by Richard Elliott Friedman, a professor of Jewish studies and Hebrew Bible at the University of Georgia. Friedman does the best job of anyone I know in explaining... by Sara Powell | Apr 21, 2017 | Opinion
We were honored to be invited to a friend’s home for their Seder dinner on the first night of Passover. It was a meaningful and fascinating experience as we read through the Haggadah (readings that guide the Seder meal by retelling the Exodus narrative) and ate...
