by John D. Pierce | Jul 7, 2020 | Opinion
As word spread of Hardy Clemons’ death on July 1, there was a common refrain: he was “pastor to me.” That identification came from beyond those in congregations Hardy served, which included First Baptist Church of Georgetown, Texas; Second Baptist Church in his...
by Jack Moline | Jun 11, 2020 | Opinion
Like every rabbi, I have attended to bereaved family members in almost every circumstance of death. Some deaths approach slowly and inevitably, like a train arriving across a plain with a distant horizon. Some deaths burst onto the scene like a balloon popping at...
by Dale K. Edmondson | Jun 4, 2020 | Opinion
My date book showed I was to attend a performance of Brahms’ Requiem one afternoon at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall. The hall, of course, is closed; there was no performance. Yet can the Requiem somehow still lift my spirits? Donning the Bose headphones my...
by Merianna Harrelson | Jun 3, 2020 | Opinion
We lose a lot of stuff around the house. There is a basket full of cars, but we can’t find the one car we really, really need before we can do anything else. Our 16-month-old has figured out how to open the toy drawer and the trash can, so we lose pacifiers left and...
by Ken Sehested | May 8, 2020 | Opinion
Those of a certain age likely share my childhood church experiences of Mother’s Day. During the service, the oldest and youngest mothers present were recognized. All women were offered carnations to wear – pink if your mother was living, white if deceased. And, of...
