by Lilly Hawkins | Sep 13, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
My childhood was spent in Sunday school classrooms on the second floor of an annex. Off the side of the church, above the parish hall, the annex held a hallway that on Sundays became full of life. Every child from first to fifth grade was seated in their classroom...
by Craig Nash | May 8, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
The final event at the 2024 Religious Freedom Summit, hosted by Americans United (AU) for the Separation of Church and State, was a screening of the film “Bad Faith.” The documentary, produced and directed by Stephen Ujlaki and Christopher J. Jones, highlighted the...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 4, 2020 | Opinion
In 1990, Robert Fulghum wrote All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. He listed the basic values of sharing, playing fair, apologizing and fully embracing the Golden Rule. Fulghum added the value of “warm cookies and cold milk” and reminded readers that...
by Cassandra Carkuff Williams | Sep 27, 2019 | Opinion
With autumn approaching, many churches are planning the relaunch of Sunday School. For some, it is a time of apprehension over dwindling volunteer pools and decreasing attendance. Yet, the decline of this once-vibrant sentimental favorite provides churches with a...
by Tony Brooks | Oct 24, 2017 | Opinion
Anybody who has ever had two or more children consuming food at the same time knows that such moments constitute a recipe for family disaster. Picture a pizza. Picture two kids. Picture one knife. Who will cut? That is the question! Let us assume that the chief...
