by Starlette Thomas | Mar 14, 2022 | Opinion
I asked us to get in touch with our feelings last week. As Christian believers, it is imperative that we identify with suffering — not only during the season of Lent and not only with Christ’s pains but also the world’s groaning. If not, then I’ve got a sinking...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Nov 24, 2021 | News
A strong majority (80%) of U.S. adults say that suffering in the world is largely the result of human action, according to a Pew Research Center report published Nov. 23. An even larger percentage of adults who believe in God or a higher power affirmed this...
by Michael Chancellor | Sep 30, 2021 | Opinion
Jim Palmer is a former pastor who has left not only the church but also the Christian faith, founding a humanist group in Nashville, Tennessee. Palmer has become a widely popular humanist who speaks freely about his time leading the largest Christian church in America...
by Molly T. Marshall | Sep 29, 2017 | Opinion
Among some Christians you will often hear the aphorism: “Everything happens for a reason.” Really? How in the wake of hurricanes, internally displaced persons, floods, earthquakes and shattered infrastructures does one maintain this? It seems to infer...
by Agnes Howard | Mar 19, 2015 | Opinion
The news is terrible lately. Maybe news always is bad. Many eras bristle with horror, and knowing some history gives us perspective. But it seems so bad now: Christians beheaded in Libya and more fleeing to Egypt, Christians kidnapped in Syria, ancient artifacts...
