by Michael Ruffin | Nov 30, 2012 | Opinion
This Sunday is the first Sunday of the season of Advent. The word “Advent” means “arrival” or “coming.” During the four weeks of Advent, we anticipate the celebration of the birth of Jesus at Christmas, the second coming of Christ...
by Mike Parnell | Nov 30, 2012 | Opinion
I have not enjoyed many of the movies that have come to us in the 3-D format; there are too many hokey effects, the screen is too dark. But then some filmmakers use it as more than just a faddish attempt to make more money. “Life of Pi” belongs to the...
by Larry Greenfield | Nov 30, 2012 | Opinion
His win was my loss. When George McGovern was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1956, he asked Mr. Larson, my debate coach at Washington High School in Sioux Falls, S.D., to be his aide in Washington, D.C. So for the remainder of the semester,...
by Nathan Napier | Nov 29, 2012 | Opinion
Palestinian Christians are a forgotten people. They are the Christians in the world that other Christians have almost completely forgotten or don’t even acknowledge exist. The recent conflict in the Middle East makes this glaringly clear. Several years ago, I...
by Michael Helms | Nov 29, 2012 | Opinion
The ashy, lifeless Andes Mountains rise above the small village of Cieneguilla, Peru. The evidence of poverty surrounds this place like the mountains. It’s an odd place to make a home. Everything has to be brought here because nothing grows naturally in these...
by Robert Parham | Nov 29, 2012 | Opinion
President Obama wants to limit tax deductions on charitable giving by the wealthy, those who give an estimated one-third of all charitable gifts. He thinks that capping or cutting the tax deduction on gifts will help the nation avoid the “fiscal cliff.”...
