by Agnes Howard | Oct 24, 2018 | Opinion
Periodically, some of the very institutions most responsible for the 24/7-always-on work culture that we inhabit rue that culture, and then give counsel on how to disconnect for a while. Matthew Kitchen, writing recently in The Wall Street Journal, has such fresh...
by James Gordon | Oct 23, 2018 | Opinion
The news on Monday that Eugene Peterson had died will be greeted by thousands of pastors with a mixture of reactive sadness that his life has ended, but also with enduring gratitude that it was lived the way he lived it. Eugene Peterson was a pastor, never anything...
by Rob Sellers | Oct 23, 2018 | Opinion
Often cited as the oldest interfaith organization on the planet, the Parliament of the World’s Religions is credited with coining the phrase “interfaith dialogue.” The original event highlighted the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. This 17-day festival was the...
by Roger Olson | Oct 22, 2018 | Opinion
Recently there has been some “buzz” in public and “around the watercoolers” that Calvinism justifies domestic violence and abuse. Because I am one of Calvinism’s best-known critics, I feel the need to wade into this controversy and nip it in the bud, so far as...
by Michael Parnell | Oct 19, 2018 | Opinion
This is not like any “man in space” movie you have ever seen. “Apollo 13” and “The Right Stuff” hit notes about how wonderful the U.S. was in facing the challenges of space. “First Man” has none of that. It is a very quiet movie about a very quiet man who became a...
by Gary Furr | Oct 19, 2018 | Opinion
Hope depends upon the capacity of a person to trust in the ultimate goodness of things rather than on the evidence of any particular moment’s appearance. That is important for the living of these days. In the fractures of our present politics, our divisions, our...
