by Monty Self | Jan 18, 2023 | Opinion
Hospitals were flooded with Respiratory Syncytial Virus cases in November 2022 at a rate almost five times the rate in 2021. Fortunately, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the hospitalization rate dropped to 2021-2022 levels in December, but...
by Monty Self | Jan 11, 2023 | Opinion
On February 29, 2020, the United States reported its first death due to COVID-19. Seven months later, 200,000 had died nationwide, as the novel coronavirus swept through our unprepared country like wildfire. Unfortunately, we forgot the lessons learned during the...
by Machaela Murrell | Dec 9, 2022 | Opinion
The COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted the world, affecting everyone in many different ways. With the world in shut-down, our way of life as we knew it was put on pause as more and more restrictions were put in place in an attempt to lessen the spread of COVID-19, a...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 6, 2022 | Christian Nationalism, Jesus Worldview Initiative, Opinion
There is much discussion, strategic thinking and alarm about the future of the church coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many U.S. church leaders and members — on the heels of this unprecedented experience for them — are lamenting a slow or absent return of...
by Starlette Thomas | Nov 7, 2022 | Opinion
It’s the most expensive time of the year. From Halloween until the New Year’s ball dropping, we’re told it’s time to go shopping, but “late-stage capitalism” is exhausting. Also known as “late capitalism” or “end-stage capitalism,” a term...
