Rev. Don Heath | Guest columnist Christian nationalism is a political ideology rather than a theological position. At its core, it is the belief that America is superior to all other nations, that God has uniquely blessed America above all other nations, and that America should be recognized as a Christian nation. Christian nationalism has […]
Davalynn Spencer | Especially for the News Leader Editor’s note: This week, writer Davalynn Spencer Norris Burkes is filling in. Back when flip phones were new, I worked as a police reporter, photographer, and religion page editor for Colorado’s The Cañon City Daily Record. Life was never dull. But I wanted to be a novelist. […]
Anna Strane of Fairview. (Courtesy of Anna Strane) FAIRVIEW, Alabama. – Anna Strane begins her third year at Fairview College this fall and in this interview she talked about the different ways God has influenced her life. “God means more to me than I could ever put into words. God has changed my life in […]
Samantha Jayne Allen won the Tony Hillerman Prize for her 2019 debut novel, Pay Dirt Road. Hillerman, not Native American, grew up among American Indians in Oklahoma and published 18 novels featuring Navajo police officers Joe Longhorn and Jim Chee. These books, particularly “Skinwalkers,” “The Blessing Way” and “A Thief of Time,” were award-winning and […]
Samantha Jayne Allen won the Tony Hillerman Prize for her 2019 debut novel, Pay Dirt Road. Hillerman, not Native American, grew up among American Indians in Oklahoma and published 18 novels featuring Navajo police officers Joe Longhorn and Jim Chee. These books, particularly “Skinwalkers,” “The Blessing Way” and “A Thief of Time,” were award-winning and […]
Thanks in part to the work of a former Eau Claire detective, a Bible more than a century old will soon be in the hands of the direct descendants of its original owners, a prominent Green Bay couple who moved to Wisconsin shortly after the Civil War. The Bible has been in the possession of […]
A Hopkinton backyard will be the scene of a reunion of musicians who once frequented a Westborough venue that served as a haven for folk music in the 1980s and 1990s. The 08:30 Club, a group of musicians and show promoters who became friends during Worcester’s folk music boom in the 1980s, is planning a […]
This essay is based on a conversation with Faith Choo27, who left Singapore’s public health system and now works as a locum doctor. The following text has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider has verified her employment history. Since I was 13, I knew I wanted to be a doctor. I was inspired […]
As my daughter dangled ten feet above the ground, her legs wrapped around the thick, smooth trunk of a vine in the middle of the Belize jungle, I stood beneath her, wondering how far she was from solid ground, a paved road, and the nearest hospital. Of course, that wasn’t on my agenda for that […]
Preserving Jewish history has been an ingrained part of Mara Cohen Ioannides’ work for nearly 25 years. The Springfield author is now celebrating the release of her third novel, which explores Jewish life in the Ozarks over 140 years ago. Self-published, Yellow Jack and Turpentine is the first historical novel to explore the intertwining of […]
