by Ruth Sprayberry DuCharme | Jul 13, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
How do you imagine God? When you picture God in your mind’s eye, what image i present? Does God appear to you as the classical Zeus-like figure, sitting upon a throne with a long white beard and flowing white robe? Or does your image of God look more like the tranquil...
by Justin Cox | Mar 31, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I’ve constantly struggled throughout my life at having to do something a particular way because folks told me there was only one way I could do it. Since middle school, I’ve dug in my heels on plenty of hills of resistance, starting with any math teacher who...
by Aurelia Dávila Pratt | Mar 8, 2022 | Opinion
The theme for the 2022 International Women’s Day campaign begins with: “Imagine a gender equal world.” I love this first sentence, because it is a reminder that our imagination is a necessary ingredient in creating the reality we want to see. Imagination is tricky...
by James Gordon | Jul 19, 2021 | Opinion
Reading the text of the prophet Nahum is an exercise in theology in the service of imagination, and imagination in the service of theology. Yes, it is a “text of terror,” a tour de force description of the defeat, fall and ultimate humiliation of Nineveh, the greatest...
by Stuart Blythe | Dec 4, 2015 | Opinion
An ethical response to the Earth requires the use of imagination for proper “knowing,” says Norman Wirzba in his book, “From Nature to Creation: A Christian Vision for Understanding and Loving Our World.” In advancing this argument, he refers...
