Heaven’s Help for Our Addictions
bySomeone I knew who was highly educated and highly respected in his profession became addicted to cocaine for several years. There was a serious…
Editorial
Golden Opportunity and the Golden Anniversary
byI missed my chance to be the change I want to see this week. Change, however, is more than chance. This week saw the…
Mass Shootings Have Led to Mass Numbness
byHalf a million kids plan to wake us up. Can we find solutions by seeking the interests of others? Even in the painful aftermath…
Persevere and Prosper
byThis year marks 120 years since our forerunner, The Gospel Herald was first published, and 84 years since The Message Magazine, by God’s grace,…
Perverted Conscience
byMae—not her real name—was my client. She was a Black, twenty-something in the vice grip of a crack addiction. She worked in the even…
Crisis Overload, Cunning Overlord
byLike an 18-car pileup on the interstate, crises of terror, political brinkmanship, natural and man-made disasters give us no space to brace. You see…
Kaepernick’s Protest: American As The Boston Tea Party, and the Boston Massacre
byBiblical admonition reaches both citizens and authorities who must treat them fairly. Editor’s Note: This is a repost from the archives, October 11, 2016….
Why the Church Should Respond to the DACA Repeal
byThe Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) repeal affects more of the church in North America than you may want to admit. In Columbus,…
Soul-Searching After Charlottesville, But Not For Me
byEmbed from Getty Images In unity and peace, I’ll be one of those to gather near Charlottesville, Virginia’s Freedom of Speech Wall tomorrow. With…
Stop the Violence
byA car plowed into unsuspecting pedestrians on an iconic London Bridge, and mayhem ensued. At the end of the unprovoked violence that expanded to…