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 Larrin R. Robertson | Jan 13, 2023 | Opinion
America’s Declaration of Independence is a political document written to dissolve England’s ruling relationship over its 13 colonies in America. As the authors of America’s declaration believed independence to be an entitlement corresponding with “the Laws of Nature...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 13, 2023 | Opinion
There is a reason why Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday sticks out each year. Long before all the states finally agreed to make it a national holiday, King’s work and witness was celebrated because he was a “transformed nonconformist.” King didn’t simply talk about...
by Terrell Carter | Jan 12, 2023 | Opinion
For all his accomplishments as a civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was first and foremost a pastor. He knew from an early age that God had called him to serve the church and broader community as a preacher and leader. This calling was nurtured under the...
by Wendell Griffen | Jan 11, 2023 | Opinion
Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. He was born 39 years earlier, on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Between those dates, King was a son, brother, schoolmate, student, moral philosopher, husband, father, activist, pastor...
