Schools that Teach How to Cheat the System

How can a high school exist without paid teachers? That’s a very good question, but apparently it’s not a real concern for Michael R. Kinney. New York Times writer Duff Wilson has reported that the owner of University High School defends his school’s...

A Voice of Hope from an Urban Wilderness

For Christians, we have entered into that Season of Advent, a season of anticipation of the coming of the Christ Child and a season of expectation of the second coming of Christ. It is a season of hope. Recently, I found this true story about hope in my files. I have...

Giving Life After Death

This weekend marked the 10th anniversary of National Donor Sabbath. Since 1996 faith communities throughout the nation have observed the opportunity to discuss organ donation over the weekend that falls two weeks before Thanksgiving. Suzette King is one of more than...

God Used Rosa Parks to Help Us Change Our Ways

Earlier this week, someone asked me a piercing question about the Sermon of the Mount: “Where is the line between turning the other cheek and being someone’s doormat?” I found part of the answer later that day, when I heard that Rosa Parks, the...