by Starlette Thomas | Apr 22, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
“Ain’t that the truth.” It’s an expression I heard often as a child. It was said to emphasize what someone knows to be the case based on lived experience. I sometimes wonder what foundational lies would come crashing down in our world if the truth be told. If all the...
by Amy Butler | Jun 20, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
It was Emily Dickinson who wrote, “Tell the truth but tell it slant,” which I tend to think was Jesus’ general approach, what with the parables and such. And normally I agree with Emily and Jesus, but lately I’ve begun to wonder if the moments in which we’re living...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 9, 2023 | Opinion
America has a long history of attacking itself. Not a new problem, Jesus spoke of a kingdom divided against itself. The final report from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has been released after an 18-month investigation into former...
by Colin Harris | Oct 27, 2022 | Opinion
Integrity seems to be on the ballot this election season, maybe as much or more than it has been in recent memory. The dominant issues identified by the analysts and pollsters – abortion, the economy, immigration, crime, even “threat to democracy” – ebb and flow in...
by Kevin Heifner | Dec 16, 2021 | Opinion
Here’s a million-dollar question asked and battled throughout the ages: Why do “good” people believe lies? It is one that has again been called to the forefront in our national discourse on several levels. There are myriad answers to that question, resulting from...
