by Ron Rolheiser | Feb 12, 2020 | Opinion
Recently on the popular television program, “Saturday Night Live,” a comedian made a rather colorful wisecrack in response to an answer that Nancy Pelosi had given to a journalist who had accused her of hating the president. Pelosi had stated that, as a Roman...
by Larry Eubanks | Nov 4, 2015 | Opinion
The typical reading of Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well in John 4:5-30 is faulty. This interpretation presents her as a “loose” woman, a serial divorcee (five times!) who is currently shacking up with a man in an illicit unmarried...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 14, 2015 | Opinion
In her work on the surprising power of vulnerability, Brene Brown identified shame as a primary source of our resistance to the risk of wholehearted openness, the kind of emotional and spiritual openness, which can bring us deeper joy and energize greater...
by Rupen Das | May 14, 2015 | Opinion
A worldview that dominates Middle Eastern societies is one of honor and shame. All interactions and conversations either honor a person or shame them in the way they are addressed and treated socially. One’s standing in the community may be one of honor or shame...
by Howard Batson | Oct 24, 2013 | General
A sermon by Howard Batson, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx. Philippians 1:20 October 13, 2013 Last week, we concluded a sermon series from the Old Testament book of Proverbs. And today we begin a sermon series from a New Testament book, the book of Philippians. ...
