The phrase “reverence for life” came to the famous Albert Schweitzer during his time in Africa as a medical missionary, where he built a hospital in a remote area to treat thousands of people who had had no access to...

My regional food bank became concerned that many residents of this area live in neighborhoods and rural communities that lie outside of the available options for transportation to and from food and other essentials of daily life. They worked with...

This morning, I saw a news story about race-based hair discrimination that got my tender heart for equality racing like a thoroughbred at the starting gate. Darryl George, an 18-year-old black student in a Houston area high school, has spent...

I would love for you all to become headline sleuths with me. This is from a letter I wrote last week to the editor of our local paper: I have been through a few transformations in my life. In the...

The more actions taken against women’s bodies, minorities, the LGBTQ+ community, and gun control, the more it seems like anti-democracy lawmakers are running from shame. Unable to face the reality that a female child is pregnant, they try to legislate...

Metro police departments typically have a 311 number that citizens can call for non-emergencies. This is the number that people call when a family member is in serious mental distress from such diseases as depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Usually,...

My anger and shame about the history of Black people at the hands of White people is always heightened during Black History month. Every year I learn of historical incidents of violence and utter depravity against Blacks that are new...

A small rural police department in my area is promoting a huge improvement in communications between police and young people. After a spate of illegal graffiti incidents over the summer, the chief decided to launch a community policing initiative: offer...

At midnight on Christmas, 2022, in a tent in the New Hampshire woods, a poor and unhoused young woman gave birth to a boy. Parallels to stories of the birth of Jesus stop there. The woman was a known substance...