by Kevin Heifner | May 23, 2022 | Opinion
Sitting on my zero-turn lawnmower is where I do my best thinking. What was on my mind after finishing my latest grass cutting were several comments that I’ve left publicly over the past few years that, in retrospect, would have been better left unsaid. Assessing my...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 5, 2022 | Opinion
Well-placed shame is not an easy gift to receive. But it is indeed a gift. Few things are more harmful than the misplaced, abusive shaming of others — or the weighty, unjust self-shaming some people experience. Yet, when rightly applied and humbly received, shame can...
by Danielle L Bridgeforth | Mar 23, 2022 | Opinion
We can often have a hard time with repentance. Yes, most of us would eagerly admit that “We all make mistakes” and “We’re only human.” Nevertheless, in most instances, we think we are right. And even when we know we are at fault, we can usually justify whatever we did...
by Wendell Griffen | Mar 22, 2022 | Opinion
The formerly enslaved population of the U.S. was given no land, no property, no money. They received no restitution for deprivations they had been forced to endure under the “rule of law” – neither have their more than 30 million descendants. The nation that...
by Wendell Griffen | Mar 21, 2022 | Opinion
I am one of the more than 30 million descendants of American slavery. Our enslaved ancestors were shipped, sold, robbed, maimed, raped, murdered and otherwise wronged from 1619, when a Dutch ship named the White Lion arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, until slavery was...
