by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | Jun 18, 2013 | Opinion
Uriah the Hittite, husband of Bathsheba, was an officer of the Israelite army, a native of Jerusalem and a faithful Yahwist. Uriah is a Yahwistic name meaning “Yahweh is my light/fire.” Four other Uriahs named in the Old Testament are either prophets or...
by Larry Greenfield | Apr 26, 2013 | Opinion
Good thing I didn’t have to wait for congressional action and a leader’s signature to make me a legitimate member of the nation of Jesus. Fortunately, that all got taken care of a couple of millennia ago when Peter was in Joppa and then Jerusalem (Acts...
by Bill Holmes | Apr 10, 2013 | Opinion
Several years ago, I met Sally Jane as she walked into the clinic pushing her severely impaired granddaughter in a wheelchair. Sally Jane had become Melissa’s caregiver when her mother abandoned her, no longer able to cope with the daily behavior problems and...
by Robert Parham | Apr 8, 2013 | Opinion
The United Methodist Church won a moral victory – in a way – when Associated Press (AP) announced that it was changing its stylebook to stop sanctioning the use of the term “illegal immigrant.” Methodists began their “Drop the I-Word” campaign...
by Wissam al-Saliby | Mar 11, 2013 | Opinion
In the spate of 12 days in October 2009, I read in the newspapers of the death – presumed suicide – of four migrant domestic workers. The workers were either Nepalese or Ethiopian. Upon the fourth death, I went online and opened a blog that I depressingly (and without...
