by Mitch Randall | Jan 11, 2018 | Opinion
The Prophet Amos condemned Israel’s profiteering while the poor went hungry: “They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals – they who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth” (Amos 2:6-7). Concerned...
by Ann Smith | Oct 7, 2013 | Opinion
Privilege can be a terrible burden. I don’t know that I really understood this before the first day that I was in a local village in El Salvador. Some clothing had been sent with our mission team to share with the children of the community. Although our team had...
by Larry Greenfield | Jun 14, 2013 | Opinion
The tolls have not begun to be taken. But surely that will start soon. And we can be pretty certain what those tolls will report. It’s just a matter of time, that is, before we begin learning of deaths occurring on account of the sequester and the decision by...
by Bob Newell | May 2, 2013 | Opinion
As students of literature know, “The Odyssey” is the story of one man’s frustrated attempt to return home. Nestor, a noble warrior, came home shortly after his battles and discovered that little had changed. Agamemnon also made it home, but...
by Elizabeth Evans Hagan | Apr 11, 2013 | Opinion
Recently, I watched as 800 people stood in line with grocery sacks, trash bags and wheeled carts waiting to get food. Most, if not all, were minorities. Many were elderly, walking with canes or walkers. Many were young mothers with babies in strollers or in car seats....
