by Ken Sehested | Mar 8, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
In the first year of my career as a stonemason, most of my work was grunt work. I hauled rock and sand, lugged 200 pounds of mixed mortar in a wheelbarrow from the mixer to the work site, and dug footers for stone walls of various functions. The latter included lots...
by Ken Sehested | Jan 15, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
I vividly remember the exact moment. I had fled my native South to New York City to finish college and seminary, embarrassed at being a Baptist, at being a white Southerner, and not entirely sure if I was a believer. But the “God question” wouldn’t go away. A mighty...
by Ken Sehested | May 26, 2023 | Feature-, News
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by Ken Sehested | Mar 17, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Opportunities for love’s bond begins close at hand as paths cross in ordinary circumstances: within families (among the most severe testing ground), workplaces, classrooms, churches. A close encounter could lead to dramatic outcomes. Those faithful in large things...
by Ken Sehested | Mar 16, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Scripture has a pronounced bias favoring “light” and opposing “darkness.” But there’s a minority report as well, where the Holy One is encountered in darkness. Through the prophet Isaiah, God proclaims: “I will give you the treasures of darkness … that you may know...