by Delaney Metcalf | May 9, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Preachers and pastors, knowingly or unknowingly, sometimes appeal to shame in sermons, convinced if someone feels bad enough, then they might change for the better. In other circumstances, church members might use shame due to someone’s identity or a special “sin”...
by Justin Cox | Jan 30, 2023 | Opinion
I’m a creature of habit. I like to tell people it’s my children who spiral if their nighttime routines get out of whack, but really, it’s me. I’m the one who comes a bit unglued without a rinse, lather, repeat structured order. A recent evening culminated...
by John D. Pierce | May 10, 2022 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
Apparently, a Christian group of some sort meets afterhours in one of my favorite lunch spots. Handwritten Bible verses are sketched in various colors onto sheets of paper that are taped to the walls. Alongside these scriptural quotations — like Isaiah’s assurance...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 5, 2022 | Opinion
Well-placed shame is not an easy gift to receive. But it is indeed a gift. Few things are more harmful than the misplaced, abusive shaming of others — or the weighty, unjust self-shaming some people experience. Yet, when rightly applied and humbly received, shame can...
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...
