by Colin Harris | Sep 10, 2019 | Opinion
“How many of you have read Theodor Geisel’s book on social and economic inequality?” Long before our current discussions of the legacy of exploitation and the response of reparation, former seminary colleague Alan Neely began a chapel reflection with this question. A...
by Bill Wilson | Sep 10, 2019 | Opinion
“Intervention” is an award-winning reality show about addiction and the extraordinary lengths it can take to face one’s unhealthy compulsions. Each episode chronicles the attempts by family members and friends to bring health to someone who is destroying his or her...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 9, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Ginny Bridges Ireland and I first got acquainted long ago when we were both campus ministers. Together we led a weekend retreat and Sunday worship for a church in the North Georgia mountains. Through the decades I have enjoyed reconnecting with Ginny...
by Jeremy K. Everett | Sep 9, 2019 | Opinion
I have traveled the country and other parts of the world observing, researching and addressing hunger and poverty for the past 20 years. Much of what I have learned about addressing hunger and poverty is similar to what I learned by working in disaster response. The...
by Jim Kelsey | Sep 9, 2019 | Opinion
I am afraid for my family. I am afraid for my community. I am afraid for my country. Several weeks ago, on a Sunday night, my wife and I were eating our dinner at the Chinese buffet in our community. I heard a commotion over by the cash register. At first, I thought...
by Jason Coker | Sep 6, 2019 | Opinion
When I hear the word “literacy,” it becomes very personal. My grandmother was the strongest and toughest person I ever knew as a child. When she was a little girl – a “tweenager” – she could pick 300 pounds of cotton a day. That’s about a quarter acre of land and what...
