by Paul Jones | Sep 15, 2026 | Opinion
I was sitting at my desk with paint tubes, brushes, rags and books scattered around me. I was working on a painting inspired by a poem I had written after Wendell Berry died, when John Prine came across my playlist singing “Jesus: The Missing Years.” I worked...
by Mary Alice Birdwhistell | Jul 7, 2026 | Opinion
We didn’t get any embryos from our first round of IVF. I had multiple surgeries just to get to this point in the process. We spent thousands of dollars on treatment and medications. My entire abdomen was bruised from all the nightly shots. The physical and emotional...
by Daniel Rosado | Apr 3, 2026 | Opinion
On March 25, every social media platform was flooded with it. Excitement, joy, nostalgia and energy were everywhere. It was Christmas in March: The new Harry Potter series trailer had dropped. Oh, you should have seen the hashtags, the comments, the subjects of...
by Mitch Randall | Feb 27, 2026 | Opinion
Punch, a Japanese macaque, has captured the hearts of the world. The seven-month-old monkey was born last July at Ichikawa zoo. After this birth, his mother rejected him, leaving him alone to face the unknown. Zookeepers quickly intervened, giving Punch a stuffed...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Dec 23, 2025 | Opinion
As Christians once again await the inbreaking of God’s incarnate love with expectant hearts, it’s easy to feel weary at the current state of the world. In my United Methodist tradition, we often sing different verses of the hymn, “Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel”...
