by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 23, 2022 | Opinion
Words can have amazing power, so long as we grant it to them. In a story familiar by now, a popular Catholic priest in Arizona had to resign when someone realized he had been using one wrong word when performing baptisms. Andres Arango had served three different...
by Starlette Thomas | Dec 27, 2021 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
“The sky is falling!” Plan for when worst comes to worst. The world has been ending for nearly my entire life. What keeps me from living as if my hair is on fire or finding shelter under a rock are words. Good faith words have moved me to a deeper sense of human being...
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 5, 2021 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
George Floyd. Derek Chauvin. Breonna Taylor. Brett Hankison. Donald Trump. Joseph Biden. Colin Kaepernick. Cathy Park Hong. Amanda Gorman. We say their names and call forth their presence, evoke a memory or produce a feeling within us. We clinch our teeth or shout...
by Jack Moline | Sep 11, 2019 | Opinion
There are times when the simplest words are the most eloquent. Expressing an idea, a concept or a feeling in uncomplicated language allows something profound to rise above the craft of constructing a meaningful phrase. I had the experience of contrasting two parallel...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 8, 2014 | Opinion
I could be called a word man, I suppose — whether writing, reading, editing, teaching, or preaching, I’m dealing with words. And I like words. Love them, and the way they can be so expressive or descriptive or evocative. But sometimes words fail. How can...
