Religion
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By Erica Wilson As Kathy McGregor became officially ordained as a deacon in 2021, she was filled with hope at the prospect of being able to visit with people whom she had come to know and love: the men on Arkansas’ death row. She forged these friendships through her program The Prison Story Project, which…
Highlighting Humanity: St. Paul’s deacon provides hope, healing through storytelling
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By Marin McGrath At the university, two Muslim students work in community to navigate what religion looks like on a college campus. In many ways, college proves to be a fresh start. People see it as a change from what life was like at home, some view it as an opportunity to come into their…
Muslim Students Navigate Religion on Campus
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Story By Natalie Murphy There is no denying that college is a time for experimentation. Fresh out of the surveillance of our parents, we are left to our own devices and are subjected to face the many different ways of living. We see this curiosity with the more obvious: careers, partying and sexuality, but it…
A New Spiritual Community on the Rise in Fayetteville
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Pagans in Arkansas endure years of fear and harassment in the most socially conservative region of the United States — the Bible Belt. Story by Kari Adams Marie didn’t think she deserved to die. The two boys yelling out the bus window thought otherwise. “F—king witch!” “Cut yourself and die, you emo whore!” The boys’…
Out of Hiding, Into the Bible Belt
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Story by Emily Franks, December 8, 2020 I couldn’t miss Canaan Sandy when I walked into Sassy’s Red House in Fayetteville. No one could. The barstool he sat on was swiveled 180 degrees back to the bar, directly facing the restaurant’s entrance. Lifted like a pedestal, he swung his legs and watched the front door.…
Game Day, Meet God: Superfan Canaan Sandy’s unconditional love through faith and fandom
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By Tegan Shockley September 25, 2020 Ministries undertake the issue of sexuality, revealing how the religion has hurt and isolated believers. I grew up going to church on Sundays like most people in the Bible Belt. Maybe not so normal, I put my faith in Jesus after God asked me in a dream, “Tegan, are…
Growing Up in Silence: Christians Reclaim Sexuality
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Feeling safe is important to him. He changed the book he prays from, and now he feels like he has to worry all the time. He thinks and worries about it more than he checks his dwindling bank account, more than he stews over problems at work.
My Secret Messiah
