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 Jim Holladay | Jul 17, 2020 | Opinion
Clarence Jordan, in his “Cotton Patch” version of Paul’s letters, renders Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 5:18 this way, “It is [God] who, through Christ, bridged the gap between himself and us, and who has planted in us his concern for getting together.”...
by Samuel Caraballo | Jun 30, 2020 | Opinion
The horrific death of George Floyd on May 25 preceded one of the most important events in the Christian liturgical calendar. Pentecost commemorates the beginning of God’s dealings with the church through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on 120 individuals...
by Colin Harris | Jun 23, 2020 | Opinion
Responses to recent instances of racial injustice seem to be moving to a different level from what we have seen in the past. Demonstrations and protests have followed a similar pattern, as the outpouring of passion on behalf of the immediate victims and their families...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 14, 2020 | Opinion
“I have a dream…” But America made his wife Coretta’s life a nightmare. Widowed and left to raise their children alone. Before King’s death, it was a living hell. Bombed home, bullied by strangers and blamed by his own, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote “A Letter from a...
