by Dennis Bickers | Feb 26, 2015 | Opinion
Everything is about relationships in a small church. Small churches are family churches. Sometimes the membership is made up primarily of two to four families who are related through blood or marriage. The matriarchs and patriarchs of these families are often the...
by Terrell Carter | Feb 26, 2015 | Opinion
Community relations have changed since Michael Brown was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson more than six months ago. There has been an increase in discussions about how police patrol urban communities. There has also been open dialogue about race, white...
by Joel Snider | Feb 26, 2015 | Opinion
What insight would be gained from reversing the beatitudes or blessings Jesus offers in the Sermon on the Mount? I was researching the Beatitudes for a sermon a few years ago when I came across the writings of St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) who had done just that....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 25, 2015 | Opinion
There’s no business like snow business when it comes to turning schedules upside down. Schools from counties around all around are getting blasted for calling off class, for not calling off class, or for sending out the buses and then changing their minds....
by Rod Benson and Kristine Morrison | Feb 25, 2015 | Opinion
As worldwide conflict proliferates, the flow of asylum seekers to Australia and other nations around the world is not predicted to ease in the foreseeable future. There are some important facts to consider when evaluating the current debates about asylum. First, it is...
by Preston Clegg | Feb 25, 2015 | Opinion
I typically don’t think much about ashes except for Ash Wednesday. Last week, I participated in a strange, ancient ritual in which I smeared some ashes in the shape of a cross on peoples’ foreheads and said something like, “Turn from your sins and...
