by Starlette Thomas | Sep 27, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Ada Ari is reimagining African folk tales and promoting the continent’s culture through her children’s books. While readers explore the cultures of each country, the stories offer character lessons and fun facts about its people. Ari says it is her mission to promote...
by Johnna Ryan | Jul 26, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Stories can be dangerous when they don’t come directly from the source. When hearing a story secondhand, it is easy to assume the outcome. In the Bible, there is a story about a rich young ruler and it is a part of the synoptic gospels of Jesus’s life, found in...
by Libby Fisher | Oct 16, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I was 15 when my great-aunt Trudel died. She was truly a larger-than-life character, and her 94 years were filled with adventures. She left Germany on May 8, 1934, and sailed to America when she was only 21 years old. She built an amazing life here. There were...
by Jack Glasgow | Oct 9, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
In the summer of 1965, when I was ten years old, my father was asked to serve on a special committee created by the Atlanta Board of Education. He was told he would be paid as a summer school teacher if he agreed to serve. As a coach and teacher who earned income to...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 2, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
In the Gospel of John, the evangelist writes, “And the Word became flesh and lived among us” (1:14a). A careful reading of the text points to God’s living word taking human flesh in the person of Jesus from Nazareth. Jesus’ life and teachings demonstrate the full...
