by Mitch Randall | Apr 6, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Jesse L. Jackson, speaking to the 1988 Democratic Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, said: “Wherever you are tonight, you can make it. Hold your head high; stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but the morning comes. … Keep hope alive. Keep hope...
by Mary Alice Birdwhistell | Sep 28, 2020 | Opinion
I can hear helicopters circling over my city as I write these words. It’s a few hours after the attorney general’s announcement about Breonna Taylor here in Louisville. Sickness settles in my stomach as I begin to digest the news that one officer was indicted because...
by Alex Lockridge | Mar 12, 2019 | Opinion
A Baptist and a Catholic sit down for coffee. The Catholic says, “We need to save our planet.” The Baptist says, “We will serve the potluck.” OK, so that’s not exactly what happened, but it’s close. Recently, an ecumenical gathering in the name of creation care was... by Naomi King Walker | Aug 15, 2013 | Opinion
During seminary, around 1990, I served a Louisville, Ky., church as associate minister of music. In addition, I had some children’s ministry responsibilities that included assisting our on-the-ball children’s Sunday school department director with her... by Dalen Jackson | Mar 15, 2010 | Opinion
I’m not against the Bible. I’m an ordained Baptist minister, professor of biblical studies, academic dean of a theological seminary and a lifelong student of the Bible. I’m also enough of a skeptic to worry that religious fervor and political...
