by Rebecca Shenton | Jun 12, 2020 | Opinion
If the COVID-19 pandemic represents a penitential season, how might we observe it? We begin with humility, recognizing we are in circumstances we don’t understand. We don’t know how many people will die or what long-term effects the virus will have on our families,...
by Rebecca Shenton | Jun 11, 2020 | Opinion
Before the pandemic, it was really nice to believe in the myths of progress and human goodness – that technology promised us a better life and we could make the world a better place by paying for the person behind us at the drive-through. Such beliefs allowed us to...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 15, 2020 | Opinion
“Truth and Hope: Essays for A Perilous Age” is a timely new book by Walter Brueggemann. “Truth-telling is grounded in the God who will not be mocked by our illusions,” he writes. “Hope is God-grounded in the conviction that even our wayward resistance does not negate...
by Mitch Randall | Apr 9, 2020 | Opinion
As the global community continues to confront the evils of COVID-19, Christians awake to one of the most peculiar Holy Weeks ever encountered. Entering Holy Week within a worldwide pandemic that has forced people inside their homes feels almost like an...
by Jordan Rowan Fannin | Apr 9, 2020 | Opinion
The fear you feel right now, the unease that tightens your chest, clenches your jaw and disturbs your sleep is not simply worry about your income, productivity or health. It is the creeping realization we are dependent beings, knit into a garment of mutuality and...
