by Wendell Griffen | Sep 20, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
“To Kill a Mockingbird” is Harper Lee’s classic novel about racial injustice. In chapter 22, we read an unforgettable line spoken by Miss Maudie, a white woman, to Jem Finch, a white boy. Jem’s father is a lawyer, Atticus Finch. And Atticus had just...
by Starlette Thomas | Sep 18, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
A.J. Laguerre, 19, Jerald Gallion, 29, and Angela Michelle Carr, 52, were shot and killed on a Saturday afternoon at a Dollar General store in New Town, a predominantly African American neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida. The shooter was “free, white and...
by Colin Harris | Sep 14, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I don’t remember when I first encountered Jonathan Edwards’ famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” But I do remember the effect of its imagery as a pointer to the kind of critical urgency that often-accompanied appeals to come to Jesus to avoid the...
by Good Faith Media | Aug 23, 2023 | Feature, News
A new narrative podcast from Good Faith Media releases today. “A Second Language” is a six-part story about Second Baptist Church in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. It was written and produced by GFM’s media producer, Cliff Vaughn. The audio-only podcast explores,...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 21, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Black August celebrates the history of African American resistance and the legacy of freedom fighters. The month-long observance honors the lives of those who have struggled for African American liberation and brings attention to the deaths of political prisoners and...