by Sara G. Tariq | Mar 8, 2022 | Opinion
As I settled down to watch President Biden’s first State of the Union address, I was struck by the powerful image of two strong women seated confidently behind the president. Never before in the history of the United States had the words, “Madam Speaker, Madam Vice...
by Alyssa Aldape | Jul 29, 2021 | Opinion
My sixth-grade music teacher had a vision for that year’s annual Christmas pageant. For the life of me, I cannot remember her name. But I remember her passion for the nations, her fervent prayers during chapel and music class for the Lord Jesus to come now as we were...
by Hanna Mudge | Sep 17, 2020 | Opinion
It’s easy to pay lip service to equality, but putting beliefs into practice is another matter. Along with many friends, I have experience of church contexts where women are supposedly equal and valued, yet curiously invisible unless they’re fulfilling certain roles or...
by Jim Hopkins | Jul 31, 2020 | Opinion
Spitting, licking fingers and high-fiving. These common practices will have to be curbed significantly by Major League Baseball players in the name of public health as their abbreviated season begins. This is demanding work because habits, by definition, are hard to...
by Naomi King Walker | Mar 8, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Aug. 11, 2010. Naomi King-Walker was music/worship pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Frankfort, Kentucky, at the time of publication. She is now retired. Her column is republished today on International Women’s Day to...
