by Terrell Carter | Jan 15, 2021 | Feature, Opinion
Is the church the hope of the world? Most Christians would likely respond with an immediate and resounding, “Yes.” When Martin Luther King Jr. asked and answered this question for a sermon writing exercise while a student at Crozer Theological Seminary in 1948, his...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 12, 2021 | Opinion
While the Capitol cleaning staff was sweeping up glass and debris, there were the expected calls for national healing and reconciliation. It was time to bridge the political and social divides, we heard. Some voices were well intentioned, even hopeful and perhaps a...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 17, 2020 | Opinion
“By some amazing but vastly creative spiritual insight the slave undertook the redemption of a religion that the master had profaned in his midst.” That insightful quote by Howard Thurman popped up again recently in Jennifer Butler’s new book, Who Stole My Bible? It...
by Michael Chancellor | Oct 26, 2020 | Opinion
Each of us must find our ways to cope in this altered reality in which we are living. Since early in the pandemic, I have made a commitment to myself to journal. I never journaled before, even though I love to write and regularly produced sermons and articles for the...
by Ron Rolheiser | Oct 26, 2020 | Opinion
On Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis released a new encyclical titled Fratelli Tutti – On Fraternity and Social Friendship. It can appear a rather depressing read because of its searing realism, except it plays the long game of Christian hope....
