by Michael Parnell | Jan 26, 2018 | Opinion
It is hard to describe “The Shape of Water.” On one level, it is a horror movie, with a character that looks like the Gill Man from those “Creature from the Black Lagoon” movies. Then it looks like a fable about a scrub woman, a la Cinderella,...
by Helen Paynter | Jan 26, 2018 | Opinion
How Christians have responded to the issue of immigration is often shared in articles and videos. However, the prior question of why they should is not necessarily as easy as we might think. And while there are people in our churches who would throw open the borders...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 25, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce The shiny bell in my home study is beautiful in appearance and sound. But is more than that: It is gift that that reminds me to be bold in “ringing the bell for freedom” — as I was charged by the generous man who gave it to me. David M. Smith of...
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 Agnes Howard | Jan 25, 2018 | Opinion
Alex Stone startled in a recent New York Times op-ed, “Is Your Child Lying to You? That’s Good.” Stone, author of “Fooling Houdini,” tempts readers to abandon that plodding parental desire to raise honest children with this irresistible...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 24, 2018 | Opinion
Vice-president Mike Pence’s recent visit to Jerusalem marked a towering victory for right wing fundamentalism, both Christian and Jewish. Pence’s fervent speech to the Israeli Knesset, rife with biblical references and described by the newspaper Haaretz as...
