by rhicks | Apr 23, 2020 | Opinion
Since the COVID-19 pandemic sent us all home, Faculty and staff at Campbell University Divinity School have been posting “Words of Encouragement” to our students and others twice a week. For this week, I thought it would be appropriate to share some of the...
by Margot Hodson | Apr 21, 2020 | Opinion
I am writing this over Easter weekend in a “lockdown” COVID-19 Britain. I am a church pastor, but our churches are closed, and our services are on the internet. It is an important time to reflect on how to be more caring to God’s creation, not least because the...
by Richard Wilson | Apr 17, 2020 | Opinion
Exile is a powerful concept in the Hebrew Bible. In addition, it turns out to be transformative as Christianity emerges half-a-millennium later. Life in Judah and Jerusalem in the 590s and 580s BCE changed dramatically. The proactive invasion of Jerusalem by the...
by Christopher Schilling | Apr 15, 2020 | Opinion
A remarkable spirit guided my grandparents’ generation through one of the most challenging times in the 20th century. I had the opportunity during my junior year of college to interview older adults in a nursing facility about their experiences growing up not only...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 15, 2020 | Opinion
“Truth and Hope: Essays for A Perilous Age” is a timely new book by Walter Brueggemann. “Truth-telling is grounded in the God who will not be mocked by our illusions,” he writes. “Hope is God-grounded in the conviction that even our wayward resistance does not negate...
