by Miguel De La Torre | Nov 17, 2022 | Opinion
Probably no group has suffered more over the centuries at the hands of Christianity than Jews. A simple grumbling in some Medieval village about the “killers of Jesus” was all it took to ignite a bloody demonic fury resulting in unimaginable carnage. For centuries, it...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 28, 2022 | Opinion
All this talk of suffering. It’s all so depressing. But during the season of Lent, why wouldn’t it be? Perhaps, if we leaned into this feeling, we could offer more support to those who suffer with mental illness, the “oddballs” and the quiet geniuses. I’ve been...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 2, 2021 | Opinion
The announcement that Kris Kristofferson, now 84, is no longer making public appearances has caused me to listen more attentively to — and reflect more deeply upon — the music of this “walkin’ contradiction.” As a mostly do-gooder youth growing up along the...
by Colin Harris | Sep 15, 2020 | Opinion
Studies in Jeremiah have typically summarized his assessment of Judah’s waywardness from covenant faithfulness under the two sins of injustice and idolatry. He clearly joins his predecessors in calling out the patterns of social and economic life that allowed the...
by Mitch Randall | Aug 27, 2020 | Opinion
We’ve seen it coming – darkness ushered in by a global pandemic, social injustices and partisan politics. As storm clouds grow in the gulf, COVID-19 still wreaks havoc and police gun down another Black citizen, more and more people are feeling overwhelmed by the cruel...
