by Starlette Thomas | Mar 28, 2022 | Opinion
All this talk of suffering. It’s all so depressing. But during the season of Lent, why wouldn’t it be? Perhaps, if we leaned into this feeling, we could offer more support to those who suffer with mental illness, the “oddballs” and the quiet geniuses. I’ve been...
by Colin Harris | Mar 23, 2020 | Opinion
The coincidence of the church’s season of Lent and the pandemic of the COVID-19 virus has created a unique intensity to the kind of reflection that is encouraged at this time of the year. Our Sunday School class began the Lenten season by studying the testimony of the...
by Seth Vopat | Oct 7, 2013 | Opinion
After last Easter, I decided it was time to go back and read through some of the biblical texts that I seldom visit. Since I have read through Genesis on numerous occasions, I started with Exodus whose narrative format makes it an easy read. I quickly read through...
by Chuck Queen | Sep 20, 2012 | Opinion
When I say “the way up is down,” I do not mean to infer this as a strategy for personal success, honor or reward. When the disciples were caught arguing about who would be the greatest in the kingdom of God, Jesus rebuked them and said, “Whoever...
by Robert Parham | Sep 7, 2012 | Opinion
The new spirituality collapses the space between football and faith, according to Ray Waddle, the former religion editor at the Tennessean, who still contributes two columns each month to the paper. Ray and I arrived in Nashville about the same time – only a few...
