by Michael Middaugh | Aug 25, 2017 | Opinion
I’m from the South – Arkansas to be exact. When I was young, I never understood how the emotional and ideological divisions of the U.S. Civil War continued to cause divide. Sure, when I went off to college in Texas, my roommates ribbed me about being a...
by J. Michael "Mickey" Robertson | Aug 21, 2017 | Opinion
All my life I have lived in Virginia, where dozens of battles were fought over whether we really believe we are created equal. There was plenty of death and destruction. None came close to ending the struggle that had already raged for two and one-half centuries. On...
by Leanna K. Fuller | Aug 18, 2017 | Opinion
I was serving as a short-term supply pastor years ago for a very small congregation in rural Virginia. My third Sunday there fell on the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, so I decided to weave a couple of sentences from King’s famous “I Have a Dream”...
by Paul Putz | Aug 17, 2017 | Opinion
Two questions were posed in the early 1970s to a handful of professional football players and coaches who were connected in some way to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes: 1. What do you think about racial prejudice? 2. Is there prejudice on your team or former...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 15, 2017 | News
Saturday, Aug. 12, was a deadly day in Charlottesville, Virginia, as a Unite the Right rally sparked violent confrontation and apparent domestic terrorism. But a safe space amid the chaos was formed by the work of the Charlottesville Clergy Collective. Michael Cheuk,...