by Drew Smith | Dec 7, 2012 | Opinion
The word Advent comes from the Latin word meaning “coming,” and the season that bears this title consists of the four Sundays before Christmas that look with anticipation to the coming of Christ. While we celebrate this time as a time of looking forward to...
by Leroy Seat | Dec 7, 2012 | Opinion
Dec. 7, 1941, was a big day for Mitsuo Fuchida, a day he had long prepared for and looked forward to. For, you see, Fuchida was the lead pilot of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. And his life story is quite amazing. I have heard Fuchida’s story from time to...
by Colin Harris | Dec 7, 2012 | Opinion
News reports on the new book by Pope Benedict XVI on the infancy narratives of Jesus observe that he “debunks” some of the traditions associated with the nativity stories, such as animals in the stable and angels singing to the baby Jesus. It is easy to...
by John Wilsey | Dec 6, 2012 | Opinion
In the last three or four years, we have heard more and more about American exceptionalism. Loosely defined, exceptionalism is the belief that America is the most free, most prosperous, most powerful nation in the world with a God-given mission to export democratic...
by John Roy | Dec 6, 2012 | Opinion
This article is about more than the Affordable Care Act; it is about making room for kindness and compassion in the public square. First, John Metz is not an executive with Denny’s food corporation. He owns Denny’s restaurants, but he does not speak for or...
by Robert Guffey | Dec 6, 2012 | Opinion
I think the old man’s words are some of the fiercest to be found in the Scripture, if you are a parent, that is, and especially if you are a mother. That he says them to Mary, Jesus’ mother, at what you think should have been a celebrative time, the day of...
