by Imam Imad Enchassi | Feb 18, 2021 | Opinion
The Azan, the call to prayer, is heard five times a day in the Muslim world. The person calling out faces each direction, north, south, east and west, declaring the supremacy of God Almighty. The story of the Azan still brings chills to my spine, for it began with a...
by Dale K. Edmondson | Dec 16, 2020 | Opinion
Were Charlie Brown’s Schroeder still with us, he would probably be bent over his toy piano today singing, “Happy Birthday” to Beethoven – his 250th! We’re not certain that the 16th is his birthday; we know only that he was baptized on the 17th at Bonn’s Church of St....
by Keith Herron | Nov 23, 2020 | Opinion
Prayer is an antidote to despair. Notice I didn’t suggest a promise about depression I can’t guarantee? Truthfully, prayer is not much of an antidote to depression because mostly it’s just not. Working with depression is a reminder of how chronic it can be and how...
by Rebekah Gordon | Sep 4, 2020 | Opinion
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are both men of professed religious faith, which showed at this year’s national conventions. While the theme of religion was woven deeply into both party platforms, the similarities began and ended at the cliché of “God Bless America.” The...
by Christopher Adams | Aug 27, 2020 | Faith Freedom 2020, Opinion
Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s opening prayer at the Republican National Convention offered a stark contrast to the night’s myriad of speeches and presentations. “Let us pray. And pray we must, as grateful citizens of a country we boldly claim to be one nation under God,”...
