by Mitch Randall | Jan 29, 2018 | Opinion
A Masai tribal talking stick helped broker a deal in Washington last week. With the U.S. government shutdown, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) made her Senate colleagues use this stick during their deliberations as a means of forcing each other to listen. The talking...
by Mitch Randall | Jan 25, 2018 | Opinion
When Abraham – the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity and Islam – “breathed his last and died in a good old age” (Genesis 25), he missed something extraordinary. His two estranged sons, Ishmael and Isaac, joined together to bury their father....
by Mitch Randall | Jan 18, 2018 | Opinion
Immigrants play a central role in the biblical narratives. Abraham – the father of Judaism, Christianity and Islam – began his journey of faith as an immigrant dreaming for a better day (Genesis 12-23). After the death of his father, Terah, Abraham had an...
by Mitch Randall | Jan 11, 2018 | Opinion
The Prophet Amos condemned Israel’s profiteering while the poor went hungry: “They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals – they who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth” (Amos 2:6-7). Concerned...
by Mitch Randall | Jan 4, 2018 | Opinion
Powerful systems seem to be chipping away at those most vulnerable in the world. The Apostle Paul encourages the Christians of Ephesus to combat “rulers, authorities and cosmic powers of this present darkness” (Ephesians 6:12). To do so, he challenges them...
