by Mitch Randall | Apr 8, 2021 | Opinion
Gallup reported a significant decline in membership at American churches, synagogues, and mosques in 2020. In a little over two decades, membership in faith communities dropped from 70% in 1999 to 47% in 2020. There are numerous reasons for this decline, from the rise...
by Colin Harris | Jul 16, 2020 | Opinion
Disillusionment is an experience known to many of us. It may be small and relatively insignificant, or it may be large and disorienting to our whole being. I have seen it in young folks who find that a budding relationship was not going to turn out the way one hoped...
by Helle Liht | Mar 18, 2020 | Opinion
I live by the sea. Every time I walk on its shore or drive past it by car, I have to admit: Water is fascinating. Sometimes still, sometimes stormy. Hundreds of different shades of blue, green and grey. Sometimes reflecting the golden shimmering sun, sometimes the...
by Cory Jones | Feb 24, 2020 | Opinion
I’m from Los Angeles and have been a Lakers fan for as long as I can remember. The Great Western Forum was 15 minutes from my house in Inglewood, California. This is the arena where the Lakers won five championships in the 1980s. It was Showtime. Magic, Kareem,...
by Leroy Seat | Jan 24, 2020 | Opinion
John Ruskin was a highly influential British writer, art critic, and social thinker in the last half of the 19th century. His most important literary work highlighted what has been called “the scandal of grace.” When I read the Summer 2019 issue of Plough Quarterly, I...
