by Zach Dawes Jr | Jul 15, 2016 | Opinion
I didn’t celebrate July 4 this year – at least not in a typical manner. No fireworks. No hot dogs and hamburgers cooked on a grill. The only red, white and blue that I was around that day was on an American Airlines’ plane. As folks across the U.S....
by Gary Furr | Jul 14, 2016 | Opinion
Haven’t we had enough of rage and death? Hasn’t enough blood been shed to convince us that this is a way that leads down into a pit from which there is no return, no hope and no end? Is there no capacity for mutual respect left among us for our neighbor,...
by Clare McBeath | Jul 13, 2016 | Opinion
We all know the Exodus story. The story of the Israelites’ captivity as enslaved peoples in Egypt and their harsh treatment by the authorities at the time. We know of their miraculous escape led by Moses through the waters of the Red Sea and of their wanderings...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 12, 2016 | Opinion
Joining this year’s Nurturing Faith Experience in Yellowstone and the Tetons has been quite the experience so far, with an unexpected arctic blast that brought July temperatures into the 30s, but failed to put a chill on the camaraderie among our 19 travelers....
by Robert Parham | Jul 12, 2016 | Opinion
Dallas Police Chief David Brown gave a remarkable, live 25-minute interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper about the shooting in Dallas. I caught a portion of the Sunday afternoon interview. I was surprised by what I heard. I think our readers might be surprised about...
by Brent McDougal | Jul 11, 2016 | Opinion
When I did my doctoral studies on Rwanda, the driving question I wanted to answer was, “How could a group of people do this to one another?” I wanted to know how there could be so much violence, even neighbor killing neighbor. I was hoping to discover one...
