by Jim Kelsey | Jan 21, 2020 | Opinion
It was the second week of my tenure as pastor. She was a well-spoken, well-educated, polished woman in her 70s. She sat down in the chair in front of my desk and said, “Dr. Kelsey, we know you, but you do not know us. You think you do, but you do not. But that is...
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...
by Starlette Thomas | Sep 27, 2019 | Opinion
It’s almost 11 a.m. – that holy hour that is concentrated with our hubris when the worship services are but a reflection of our preferences, when the pews are filled with the people we are most comfortable with. It’s almost 11 a.m. on this fine Sunday morning where...
by Miguel De La Torre | May 17, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Jan. 4, 2006. De La Torre was director of the Justice & Peace Institute and associate professor of social ethics at Iliff School of Theology in Denver at the time of publication. It is republished today on the 65th...
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 29, 2019 | Opinion
Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “The most segregated hour of Christian America is 11 o’clock on Sunday morning.” We repeat his words as a matter of fact, not as a challenge. It has been named and noted. But rather than shake our heads in agreement, I ask, “What...
