by Ken Sehested | Feb 20, 2020 | Opinion
What should you do when your grandchild’s Sunday school teacher is arrested? It’s not what you think. (The arrest.) Nothing salacious or seedy here. My friend BJ was handcuffed for committing an act of civil disobedience to call attention to our worsening climate...
by Larry Greenfield | Feb 14, 2020 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Feb. 18, 2011. At the time of publication, Greenfield was executive minister for the American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago and editor and theologian-in-residence for The Common Good Network. I think Jesus would have...
by Tony Cartledge | Feb 14, 2017 | Opinion
Here’s a Valentine’s Day gift for art and history lovers everywhere: the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made high-resolution digital images of more than 375,000 of its artworks, sculptures, and historical objects available to anyone who wants them....
by Tony Cartledge | Feb 14, 2015 | Opinion
According to a consumer spending survey by the National Retail Federation, Americans were expected to spend $18.9 billion dollars this year on Valentine’s Day. That works out to more than $142 per person, up from $133 last year. If that sounds high, it’s...
by Larry Greenfield | Feb 18, 2011 | Opinion
I think Jesus would have had it in him to tolerate Valentine’s Day. But just barely. After all, it’s pretty clear he didn’t have a sweetheart who would have received chocolates on the Galilean equivalent of our Feb. 14. Yes, he did have some explicit...
