by Mitch Randall | May 28, 2020 | Opinion
A white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on the neck of George Floyd, restricting the African American man’s breathing. Floyd repeatedly called out, “I can’t breathe.” The incident captured on video eventually shows Floyd lying motionless near the rear of a police...
by Jim Kelsey | Jan 21, 2020 | Opinion
It was the second week of my tenure as pastor. She was a well-spoken, well-educated, polished woman in her 70s. She sat down in the chair in front of my desk and said, “Dr. Kelsey, we know you, but you do not know us. You think you do, but you do not. But that is...
by Richard Wilson | Jan 17, 2020 | Opinion
Accomplished orators – whether they are preachers or politicians – often weave old themes and phrases upon new looms. Sometimes, they fold up a tapestry completed for one setting and unfurl it, as if new, in a different setting. Martin Luther King Jr. did. His sermons...
by Gene Davenport | Jan 17, 2020 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Jan. 25, 2010. At the time of publication, Davenport was professor emeritus of religion at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee, and theologian in residence at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Jackson. The United States...
by Andre Towner | Jan 16, 2020 | Opinion
I am a systems person by nature and training. I have always been fascinated with why and how things work; understanding if I poked something here, why something moved over there; cause and effect. While my mother didn’t appreciate this aspect of my personality when...
