by Jessica McDougald | Apr 7, 2021 | Opinion
My desk at the church office sits right beside a full wall of floor-to-ceiling windows, so I can see a great deal of the back of the church. The mailbox, so I know when to go out for the mail. The fountain with the stone statue of a flame, representing the Holy...
by Lacey Fitch-Ondracek | Mar 22, 2021 | Opinion
Words have power; they can carry freedom or they can carry weight. We often forget that power also resides in names. Our names are what we closely identify with in places of comfort and places of estrangement. Knowing someone’s name can allow them to feel safe and...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 16, 2021 | Opinion
Some journalists with The Atlantic were queried about their expectations for this unfolding and uncertain year. Specifically, they were asked to identify issues they will likely explore more fully in the months ahead. Staff writer Anne Applebaum is pondering the need...
by Richard Wilson | Mar 3, 2021 | Opinion
Walter Brueggemann is a prophet in our time. A connecting thread through his life’s calling as a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and Christian testament is the holy task of unmasking domineering powers through millennia of human history. Carrying his woven theme of...
by Mitch Randall | Dec 31, 2020 | Opinion
T.S. Elliot wrote, “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.” Elliot’s prose may never be more accurate than when we say “goodbye” to 2020 and “hello” to 2021. There is...
