by Mitch Carnell | Feb 14, 2010 | Opinion
Until we moved when I was in the sixth grade, I lived diagonally across the street from our church and the parsonage. Our pastor and his wife and two daughters were our friends. I was in and out of his home and study often. I was always a welcomed guest. As a child...
by James L. Evans | Oct 30, 2009 | Opinion
In “Parting the Waters,” the Pulitzer-Prize winning story of the early years of the civil rights movement, Taylor Branch describes some of the differences between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s goals and those of the NAACP. King, following the...
by Britt Towery | Oct 28, 2009 | Opinion
Too soon we forget the terrorism of the 1950s and 1960s. The cross burnings, obscene telephone calls, character assassination and political intrigue on those who believed in and fought for human rights and dignity and stood against bigotry, hate and indifference. I...
by James L. Evans | Oct 9, 2009 | Opinion
Several years ago a friend of mine was working as a youth minister for a church that was exuberantly evangelistic. The pastor spoke eloquently and often about “winning the world for Christ.” Unfortunately, the community around the church was “in...
by Andy Watts | Sep 30, 2009 | Opinion
Health care has recently emerged to be one more system based on the myth of merit, joining education and business as American shibboleths of individuality. The myth of merit, in turn, creates self-perpetuating systems of disadvantage for those stuck at the bottom....
