by Zach Dawes Jr | May 8, 2014 | Opinion
Technology has enabled the creation of false, unhealthy images of beauty. Pictures in many magazines today are not real. They are altered depictions of people that often are no more accurate than the portraits produced by caricature artists. Thankfully, in recent...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 2, 2014 | Opinion
Who should Christian leaders look like: the Wizard of Oz or Dorothy of Kansas? Brian McLaren reflected on this question in his book, “Adventures in Missing the Point,” co-authored with Tony Campolo. “I remembered the scene … when Toto pulls...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 17, 2014 | Opinion
I rolled up my sleeves, put on plastic gloves and began removing food and trash from the container with a large recycling symbol on the front after the Wednesday evening meal and Bible study. The next week I re-emphasized that the recycling bin was only for plastic...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 27, 2014 | Opinion
In his book, “Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God,” Jack Miles offers an imaginative scene revealing the subversive, revolutionary politic of Jesus. A preacher begins the sermon with the well-known proclamation, “the last will be first and the first...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 20, 2014 | Opinion
The question “What is trending?” is now part of our cultural vernacular. Social media has transformed trend analysis into a moment-by-moment process through constant updates about the most popular topics appearing in Facebook posts, tweets, hyperlink...
