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...
by Colin Harris | Feb 7, 2022 | Opinion
Among the colloquial expressions that I remember from my background is a response to some assertion of an idea or opinion – “I reckon.” Most of the time, as I recall, its meaning was something along the line of “I agree,” perhaps with a bit more nuance: “I hear what...
by R. Page Fulgham | Feb 2, 2022 | Opinion
People in white robes carrying crosses were marching around the courthouse square. It was 1995 in downtown Lawrenceville, Georgia, a few weeks after I accepted the position as senior minister at the First Baptist Church. My young boys asked, “Daddy, are those people...
