by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Feb 14, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Trigger warning: This article discusses purity culture and mentions both domestic violence myths and rape myths. As a millennial who grew up in small-town East Tennessee, I know a thing or two about purity culture. Let’s just say Silver Ring Thing came to my public –...
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 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 W. 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....
