By Kelly Carr Today we begin a three-part series on one of my favorite topics—media. I’ve always enjoyed things I can watch and listen to and read. I enjoy being dazzled and also learning through various senses with these media forms. We are going to consider what value visual media, music, and books have in […]
By T. R. Robertson Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison is Piper Kerman’s best-selling book about her 13-month incarceration in a federal prison. The details of Kerman’s story ring true to me. I’ve never spent a day locked up in a prison, but as a volunteer chaplain in a women’s […]
By Charlie W. Starr Movies and television have increasingly been exploring the question of life after death through various fantastical methods. I talked about this a couple of years ago in regard to the movies Twilight and Cloud Atlas and now want to take it up again in relation to a pair of television shows. […]
By Heather Davis Last summer, my family of five traveled to my hometown to be a part of my baby sister’s wedding. While in town we joined another sister, along with her family and several members of our extended family, for Sunday worship. But we did not gather at anyone’s home church. Instead we drove […]
By Bob Russell Following the Civil War, our forefathers established Memorial Day to ensure that future generations would never forget the high cost of America’s freedom. It was intended to be a day for the entire nation to reflect on the ultimate sacrifice that had been paid by more than 620,000 soldiers who lost their […]
