by Chris Smith | Feb 10, 2014 | Opinion
Luke 7:36-47 tells the story about Simon, a Pharisee who had invited Jesus to come and have dinner at his home. It appears that the meal was happening somewhere public because a woman of questionable character appeared and began to wash Jesus’ feet with her...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 7, 2014 | Opinion
All of us find some things hard to understand. Calculus, for instance, was difficult for me. I did fine until we got to imaginary numbers, and I couldn’t imagine them. Other things are much simpler in concept, but frustrating to understand in other ways. At the...
by Michael Ruffin | Feb 7, 2014 | Opinion
A Coca-Cola Super Bowl commercial has caused something of a kerfuffle. Due to the amount of commentary that has appeared on Twitter since last Sunday, I would like to state my two main points right up front. First, I believe that all people living in the United States...
by Bridgette Poag | Feb 7, 2014 | Opinion
Each year I try to think of new ways I can incorporate the season of Lent into our activities at church. In the past, I have written Lenten curriculum for our Sunday school classes, incorporated Lenten practices into children’s worship and offered Lenten...
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | Feb 7, 2014 | Opinion
During a wintery storm in Chicago and much of the eastern U.S., I experienced many flight cancellations, delays and missed flights. Amid that storm, I had the opportunity to visit the Cook County Jail with Jesse Jackson and many community leaders from the Chicago...
by Seth Vopat | Feb 6, 2014 | Opinion
I have been a fan of Suzanne Collins’ “Hunger Games” trilogy for several years and have incorporated clips from the first movie into my ministry on a variety of occasions. In Collins’ fictional dystopian future, the country of Panem (formed...
