“I’m leaving my shame here and taking away healing.” These were the words of a participant in a recent ecumenical and interfaith Our Whole Lives/Sexuality…
Child Watch: Bringing truth to light
On July 25, the day that would have been Emmett Till’s 82nd birthday, President Joe Biden hosted a White House signing ceremony for a proclamation…
What the Data Say: Emmett Till and the Civil Rights Movement
Earlier this year, after 120 years of trying to get an anti-lynching bill passed, civil rights warriors succeeded, and Congress passed such a bill, which…
Turtle Talk Editorial: The world is getting better . . .
Don’t sweat the small stuff–and it’s all small stuff, is the title of a book by Richard Carlson, Ph.D. This concept is very difficult to…
Church Women United celebrates 80th anniversary
by Shawn Nowlin Opportunities for women of faith in the Roanoke Valley to come together and celebrate their sisterhood do not happen every day. Such…