by Sue Smith | Sep 28, 2017 | Opinion
It was never their intention to be undocumented immigrants. Yerendi Roblero, 22, was only 6 months old when her parents brought her to the U.S. She is a DREAMer and a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient. DACA has allowed Yerendi to obtain work...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 27, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce ATLANTA— “It was the church that made us who we were,” said Albert Paul Brinson, standing in the historic sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist Church, that he attended as a youth and later served as associate minister to co-pastors Martin Luther King Sr....
by John D. Pierce | Sep 27, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce One Saturday afternoon a few years ago I dropped into Rembrandt’s Coffee House in the lovely Bluff View Arts District of Chattanooga. Few others were there at the time. But just moments later the soft music and slow pace were interrupted by the...
by Stuart Murray Williams | Sep 27, 2017 | Opinion
Post-modern, post-Christendom, post-industrial, post-colonial, post-secular – commentators on transitions impacting Western societies often resort to “post” words to describe these. Observers of church life identify post-evangelical,...
by Ginger Hughes | Sep 26, 2017 | Opinion
By: Ginger Hughes Recently, my children came bounding in from school with their dad following a few steps behind. Little hands clutched book bags, rain jackets (that we prefer to hold rather than wear), and a few unidentifiable art projects. Crushed amongst this...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 26, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce During my formative years, sin was pretty easy to identify if not avoid. Sin was playing poker, drinking beer, missing a church service (without going to another on vacation and bringing a bulletin for proof), holding baseball practice on Wednesday...
