by Jason Coker | Feb 14, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
It may happen more often than I realize, but I cannot remember Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day landing on the same day—ever! Being a congregational minister and a husband for over 25 years, this is something I would have remembered. In fact, a quick search engine...
by Chuck Poole | Dec 5, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
On a hot summer Sunday in August of 2023, the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost in the sacred season known as Ordinary Time, I was blessed to visit both Rosa Parks’ Montgomery church, St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Montgomery...
by Jason Coker | Sep 6, 2019 | Opinion
When I hear the word “literacy,” it becomes very personal. My grandmother was the strongest and toughest person I ever knew as a child. When she was a little girl – a “tweenager” – she could pick 300 pounds of cotton a day. That’s about a quarter acre of land and what...