by Stuart Blythe | Apr 27, 2018 | Opinion
We should add to the familiar question, “Who is my neighbor?” the less familiar inquiry, “Who is my neighborhood?” On the final night of a course on worship I’ve been teaching recently, we explored the extent to which our worship services...
by Mitch Randall | Apr 26, 2018 | Opinion
The repercussions of overt and systemic racism are once again echoing throughout the U.S. Recent headlines from Starbucks to golf courses reveal that discrimination based on race remains a contemporary reality. While the images of marching white supremacists in...
by Danny Chisholm | Apr 26, 2018 | Opinion
First Lady Barbara Bush’s funeral was an inspiring and, for a brief moment, refreshing display of a kinder, gentler time in U.S. politics. David Priess posted an amazing photo on his Twitter feed of each of the presidents in attendance and their wives. He made...
by Kim Divelbiss | Apr 25, 2018 | Opinion
April is Autism Awareness Month. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In our house, we don’t need a designated month to make us aware. We live autism and fragile mental health 365 days a year. Out of our three children, one struggles with a variety of mental...
by John Weaver | Apr 25, 2018 | Opinion
Our climate is changing; the results of global warming are seen around the world. On a trip to the storm-ravaged Caribbean in October 2017, U.N. Secretary General AntoÌnio Guterres urged the world to implement the 2015 Paris Accord on climate change. He said the world...
by Ginger Hughes | Apr 24, 2018 | Opinion
By: Ginger Hughes Some days it all feels overwhelming to me. Does it to you? I watch the news and discover enough sadness and darkness to make me want to crawl back in the bed and pull the cover up over my head. Families are being murdered in our churches, children...
