I appreciated Chris Scott’s column, “Hope That Is Foolish, Defiant, Sacred” (September). HOPE (Helping Our People Excel) was a guiding acronym for my 44 years
As a Christian in the United States, it’s hard to miss the blending of cross and flag. Bible verses are being quoted at political rallies and social media, not to call people to repentance or compassion, but to stir allegiance to a cause and country. But the Psalms tell a different story.
Summer is over, and fall is here. Changes are everywhere, including in the garden. At the transition of a natural season, I want to take a closer look to find lessons for navigating seasons of life.
During Advent, a season of looking forward to “good news of great joy,” where do you find hope and encouragement amid much that is the opposite?
I will never forget the evening of Dec. 14, 2023. That was the night our daughter called, panicked and in tears. A deranged gunman was on the loose, and she and her family were in his crosshairs.
A group is working to bring Dirk Willems back to his hometown.
Strangers in the Land, the recently published book by New Yorker editor Michael Luo, chronicles the journey of Chinese immigrants to the American West, and then eastward across the country. Perhaps inevitably, it is also an account of the violence and bigotry directed against them, which only became more intense as the boom years of the Western Gold Rush gave way to the economic downturn that followed the Civil War.
