by John D. Pierce | Jul 20, 2021 | Opinion
I’ve grown tired of those who claim to be more patriotic than the rest of us while working to destroy democracy – or more Christian while largely ignoring everything Jesus said and did. Faithfulness takes more than laying claims to titles, and then redefining and...
by Richard Wilson | Dec 1, 2020 | Opinion
The second Sunday of Advent – the week we set fire to the Peace candle – has confused me for as long as I can remember. The cluster of texts in Year B, our current cycle, sends mixed messages of comfort and dismay, restoration and destruction, and the hope for renewal...
by Colin Holtz | Feb 18, 2019 | Opinion
When William Wilberforce mounted a decades-long campaign to ban slavery in the British Empire, his deep evangelical piety sustained him. When Ida B. Wells risked her life to expose the horrors of lynching, she did so out of a faith in a crucified God. Oscar Romero was...
by Molly T. Marshall | Nov 30, 2018 | Opinion
Once again, we begin the new liturgical year as we observe Advent, and we are troubled. Thousands of determined people seeking asylum are lined up at the southern border of the U.S., and they are being met by soldiers, tear gas and threat to life as they are detained...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 4, 2017 | Opinion
During my formative years, sin was pretty easy to identify if not avoid. Sin was playing poker, drinking beer, missing a church service (without going to another on vacation and bringing a bulletin for proof), holding baseball practice on Wednesday night, lusting over...
