by Starlette Thomas | Nov 6, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Who is keeping score? Who is keeping a tally of the dead bodies piled up in each corner during this Israel-Hamas war? While the number of Israeli deaths stops at around 1,400, the number of Palestinian deaths keeps rising, making me wonder if the killing will stop...
by Starlette Thomas | Oct 30, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
My introduction to violence was intimate and domestic. My father’s fist met my mother’s face at night. Maybe that’s why I never want to see it again. Violence was familial, which made it familiar. Like the back of my father’s hand, I knew it when I saw it. Far from...
by Wendell Griffen | Oct 20, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Mark Wingfield, executive director and publisher of Baptist News Global, has written an analysis of the current war between Israel and Hamas. I am quoted in it along with others who share similar and different perspectives. The analogy Ashlee Wiest-Laird shared in...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 19, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
After Cain killed Abel in the book of Genesis, the Lord asked the surviving brother for the whereabouts of his missing sibling. “I do not know,” Cain replied. He added a question: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Genesis 4:9) The question appears to hang in the air, as...
by Fred Guttman | Oct 17, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
For the Jewish people and for the residents of Israel, this is a terrible time. Frankly, I am angry! I am angry because I’ve seen too many pictures of Israeli bodies. I am angry because I’ve seen dead children, dead grandmas and grandpas. I am angry...
