by Lawrence Downing  |  6 January 2020  | It is not difficult to find those who opine that Remnantville, like Valhalla or Atlantis, is a mythical city. The countless thousands who have ventured forth on Remnantville Road conclude otherwise. For those who are of a mind to experience the journey themselves, a brief introduction to […]

by S M Chen   |  1 January 2020  | “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” —Charles Dickens (1812-1870), British writer and social critic Darkness had fallen by the time I left the place where I routinely fill my car with petrol and headed home after a long work […]

by Sonja DeWitt  |  23 December 2019  | I’ve been thinking a lot about neighbors lately. Although I have yet to see either “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” or “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” (the documentary and feature film featuring Mister Rogers, respectively), he’s been in news persistently over the last few months. I […]

by Arthur Sibanda  |  27 December 2019  |   “Daddy, uJesu likhiwa yini?” (“Daddy, is Jesus a white man?”) The question caught me off-guard. My daughter is only five, and yet I found myself struggling to mumble a response to her innocent question. Because her question reflects the collective fears and insecurities of Christianity in Africa. […]

Based on Matthew 2 of Holy Writ There came from the East wise men.  Balthazar, the youngest, in his 20s, came from the north of Africa. Dark-skinned, like unto an Ethiopian, he bore myrrh. Melchior, in his 40s, was from Arabia. He carried frankincense. Caspar, in his 60s, came from Tarsus, on the west coast […]

By Tyson Jacob, 25 December 2019 | Christmas is celebrated in Africa as it is celebrated in other parts of the world with the purpose of remembering the birth of Jesus and family holidays, homecoming, etc. People cook their favorite food, buy new clothes, and plan for outings just after morning worship in their respective […]

Richard W. Coffen  |  23 December 2019  | Friedrich Nietzsche wrote the book Thus Spake Zarathustra.[1] (The grecianized form of Zarathustra is Zoroaster.) Rather than report a history of Zoroaster and the religion bearing his name, Zoroastrianism, the book presented Nietzsche’s atheism, quite contrary to Zoroaster’s beliefs. Zoroaster was a contemporary of Daniel, assuming he […]

Poetry by John McLarty  |  21 December 2019  |   Baby Jesus, Baby God. That’s the way I learned it in church a long while ago when I myself was scarcely gone from babyhood. Baby Jesus, Baby God. The One and Only. Messiah. Savior of the world. They said that it was obvious. People could have […]

By Marcos D. Torres  |  20 December 2019  | It’s the most wonderful time of year. For some. For others, it’s the most evil time of the year. And you know because they make sure you know. Their social media news feeds are loaded with memes and videos about the true pagan roots of Christmas […]

by Melissa Brotton  |  10 December 2019  | Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. (James 1:17 NKJV) Christmas often brings fond memories of elementary-school days, my studies, and my classmates and teachers at our […]

by Shirley Schneider  |  15 December 2019  |    It all started with chocolate that morning. Doesn’t everything start and end with chocolate? It seems so anyway, when you are a die-hard chocolate addict like me. And that’s not funny at all. So there I am, sitting in my comfy swivel rocker seeking inspiration for […]

by Loren Seibold  |  13 December 2019  | I, like many of my generation, grew up believing that everything that Ellen White wrote was absolutely perfect, and following all of it was necessary to salvation. By the time I was a young pastor, people such as Ron Numbers, Don McAdams, Fred Veltman and Walter Rea […]