This is a column by Athens native, Jessica Johnson, a lecturer at The Ohio State University's Lima campus. She is a regular contributor to the Athens Banner-Herald. Juneteenth has now been a federal ...

Should a movie set entirely in rural Arkansas, directed by an American director and filmed in the United States count as a foreign movie or an American one? When "Minari," a semiautobiographical film ...

I’m one of those people who you see sitting in the front row at church. It has nothing to do with me thinking I am holier than anybody else by sitting up front or trying to score brownie points by ...

Find today’s readings here. I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence. (Lk 11:8) The ...

The recent hijab controversy in Kochi raises deeper questions about liberty, pluralism, and whether Kerala is witnessing subtle signs of "micro revivalism." When I first read about the incident—a ...

Many Jews in Jesus’ day looked forward with hope to the end of the world. The Pharisees and Essenes did so, as did the disciples of John the Baptist and of Jesus. The world all around them was ...

Persistence is often cited as an essential trait — not just for entrepreneurs, but in practically every aspect of life. We’ve all read stories about professional athletes whose persistence has played ...