by Starlette Thomas | Aug 26, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
“Now your true colors are coming out.” By this, we mean the mask has been removed and the performative self has taken a bow. Cover blown; I’ll see myself out. Unwittingly, they have shared what they really think. Show’s over. This is not to be confused with the...
by Brett Harris | Jun 2, 2023 | Christian Nationalism, Feature, Opinion
It’s Will Campbell’s fault I am no longer a pastor. That’s not completely true. He left this earth five years before I was ordained, 10 years ago, tomorrow, in fact. So, unless he’s out there somewhere pulling strings from the other side, he played no direct role in...
by Ken Sehested | Jul 20, 2022 | Opinion
Author’s note: This reflection on Will D. Campbell (1924-2013) is offered in remembrance of his life and ministry on the anniversary of his birth on July 18. I was a stranger in a strange land, having left behind a Baylor University football scholarship for the...
by Will D. Campbell | Sep 1, 1995 | Opinion
We all know that the most vain of mortals are those who make a career of humility lest their true vanity be unmasked. Exhibitionism is tacky, and vainglory is the cardinal sin, another reason to be judicious with superlatives when reporting on one’s own...