It was 72 hours of labor, 24 of them especially difficult. Waves of long, powerful transition contractions fought my exhausted 19 year old body until it wouldn’t quite function anymore. Then, finally, the sweetness...
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More than a month of organized opposition to abortion has begun at a local women’s reproductive health center. Sept. 25 marked the beginning of a “prayer vigil” at Women’s Health Specialists, on Victor Avenue....
As I’ve previously written, Bethel Church Redding has 11,000 regular attenders, $60 million in annual income, two primary charismatic leaders, 800 full- and part-time employees, and an often-verbalized goal to be known for its...
Eric Hiatt exudes confidence, energy and optimism. When we met at his office one morning a few weeks ago, he grasped my hand firmly and fixed me with a warm and direct gaze before...
On July 22, 2019, the Record Searchlight ran an article on Carr Fire funding spending by reporter Jessica Skropanic. I read with interest. The bottom line? Per Skropanic, the major organizations surveyed had received...
A new Shasta County Grand Jury was recently empaneled and I’ve got some unsolicited advice for them: You’d better bark loud. Seems many of us have heard of the Grand Jury, but few really...
Editor’s note: Since submission of this story, Bethel church staff updated its websites to accurately reflect their leadership structure. If physical and financial growth is any metric of success, Bethel Church has a lot...
You’ve probably heard about Netflix’s new, and already most-viewed series, When They See Us, the story of the Central Park 5; five black teens who served multiple years in prison for a brutal rape...
“I don’t believe accountability has to equal incarceration. There are many ways that we can hold people accountable without putting them in jail.” – Rachel Rollins, Suffolk County DA Thus opens the Rollins Memo,...
