by Alyssa Aldape | Jun 10, 2022 | Opinion
I was almost suspended from class in fifth grade for taking the Lord’s name in vain. The crime took place after a classmate showed us a cool new math trick for the nine times table, and my response was an awe-filled “oh my lord!” My tablemates looked at me with shock,...
by Michael Chancellor | Jun 9, 2022 | Opinion
Franklin Graham offered his assessment last week regarding the cause of mass shootings in the U.S. “America has abandoned God, and taken God out of the classroom,” he said in a Facebook post. “The more we turn our backs on God and His Word, the more problems we have...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 8, 2022 | Opinion
I was a pastor for far too long to have a normal mind. Twenty-six years of coming up with a new sermon each week (two each week for the first seven years) shaped my brain to be constantly on the lookout for illustrations that might engage the congregation and help...
by Michael Chancellor | Jun 1, 2022 | Opinion
Politicians often seem to act as experts about everything once they are elected. After the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting, the overwhelming consensus of Governor Greg Abbott and others was that this was a “mental health” problem. Before I address this...
by Cameron Vickrey | May 27, 2022 | Opinion
“Joy is the gift of love, grief is the price of love, and rage is that which protects what is loved.” I keep repeating these words of Valarie Kaur, an activist and spiritual teacher, over and over. Joy — so easily stolen. Grief — so unnecessary. Rage — so inescapable....
