by Christopher B. Harbin | Sep 18, 2020 | Opinion
Nathan’s parable in 2 Samuel 12 is a beautiful manipulation of David’s emotions. It challenges him first to condemn a fictional character so he might begin to see the error of his way. Nathan confronts David after his escapades with Bathsheba and orchestrating the...
by Joyce Holley | Nov 25, 2019 | Opinion
My church journeyed to El Paso, Texas, to meet with people from Ciudad Nueva and ABARA, organizations doing all they can to serve the immigrant community. We went across the border to help make improvements to a shelter that is now housing asylum-seekers sent back to...
by Barry Howard | Apr 18, 2019 | Opinion
The first time I walked onto the grounds at Augusta National in 2002, the lush beauty overcame me. I have been privileged to attend The Masters several times through the years, and on each visit, I am inspired when I step foot on this immaculately manicured acreage,...
by Blake Hart | Jan 18, 2019 | Opinion
I’m not the first, nor will I be the last to point out how Robert Frost’s poem, “Mending Wall,” critiques current conversations about building a wall on our southern border. In the poem, Frost and his neighbor are doing their annual ritual of mending the wall that...
by James Gordon | Jan 19, 2018 | Opinion
How do we respond to the company of strangers? Do we find ourselves enriched or threatened? In his book, “Practical Theology,” Terry A. Velling writes, “Our English word xenophobia means ‘fear of the stranger.’ If we turn the word around,...
