by Kim Divelbiss | Jan 14, 2019 | Opinion
Parenting a child with mental health struggles is hard. Let me say that again – hard. What I never could have imagined is how much I would learn about myself in my journey to keep my daughter in a healthy place. Also a surprise to me is how this “recovery” period can...
by John Weaver | Jan 14, 2019 | Opinion
If we fail to keep temperatures below a 1.5 degree Celsius rise from the pre-industrial average global surface temperature, we will experience some significant, dangerous and irreversible changes to our world. That’s what research indicates would occur, according to...
by Robert Parham | Jan 11, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This editorial first appeared on Jan. 22, 2002. A completely redesigned EthicsDaily.com went live in June 2018. It seems a perfect way to kick off our “Look Back” series with a reflection from founder Robert Parham (1953-2017) about the initial launch...
by Molly T. Marshall | Jan 11, 2019 | Opinion
One of the exercises I require for the Benedictine Spirituality course I teach at Central Baptist Theological Seminary is for each learner to craft a rule for life. Rather than a set of “rules,” a rule is more like a trellis supporting the growth of a plant. It helps...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 10, 2019 | Opinion
The first newspaper comic strip I remember reading was “Barney Google and Snuffy Smith,” a mostly lame characterization of a hillbilly family from a place called “Hootin’ Holler.” One of the oldest strips around, it started in 1919 and...
by Jonathan Langley | Jan 10, 2019 | Opinion
A revolutionary holding a book by Donald Trump, riding an eagle and raining money may not be your idea of what freedom looks like – but it is someone’s. Probably a lot of people’s if democratic votes are to be believed. For some of us, freedom finds its perfect...