by Trevor Barton | Aug 28, 2012 | Opinion
“Teachers are builders,” said my friend. “You build safe learning environments for your students. You build safe spaces for your parents. You build knowledge and experience for yourselves. You build community with each other. You are builders.”...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 27, 2012 | Opinion
Hurricane Isaac is bearing down on the Gulf coast, resurrecting fearful memories of Katrina just as the seventh anniversary of that deadly tempest approaches. Ramifications are many: Isaac has already wreaked havoc with scheduling for the Republican National...
by Chris Robertson | Aug 27, 2012 | Opinion
In the last few months, I’ve found myself in the midst of a lot of change, and I don’t know how I feel about it. I graduated from seminary in May, and after working as a pastor for Passport camps, I started a new job as minister of youth and outreach at...
by Nadia Khouri | Aug 27, 2012 | Opinion
When I first arrived in Lebanon, I was so impressed to see the high level of civic engagement and the extent to which there was “free space” for non-state actors to be engaged in advocacy, social services, interfaith work and so on. It stood in stark...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 25, 2012 | Opinion
I’m in Georgia this weekend to officiate a wedding for my lovely niece Kristen, and her intended, Jake. The happy occasion is taking place in the countryside east of Athens at Tucker Plantation, in what used to be a horse barn. It smells much better now....
by Mike Parnell | Aug 24, 2012 | Opinion
From the folks that gave us “Coraline” comes a new stop-motion animated movie, “ParaNorman.” Norman Babcock (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a kid that loves old zombie movies. But that’s not the most interesting thing about him: Norman has the...
