As a pastor of the United Church of Christ, I inherit a liberal faith tradition. By liberal I mean a faith that is not static, chiseled in stone or received from on high. Instead, it is more like a ...
ABOVE: Dr. John Byrd, left, with his mentor Dr. Tom Goodwin, center, on the day Byrd received his Hendrix Odyssey Medal in 2015. Also pictured is fellow Odyssey Medalist Dr. Omer Shedd, right.
In the beginning the Earth is described as a hurricane at night at sea. The whole creation is chaotic. “Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the ...