Alex Joyner

Loss and Change in Rural America

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Posted on May 7th, 2013

Fluttering in the Wind Mary Lucier wants you to feel life on the Great Plains. In her mixed-media art installation entitled Plains of Sweet Regret, she uses five screens in a…

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Article The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
- By Alex Joyner
- Posted on March 6th, 2013
A Surprise Announcement On Monday, February 11, as the Christian church prepared to enter the holy season of Lent, Pope Benedict XVI surprised his followers within the Roman…
Article The Affordable Care Act
- By Alex Joyner
- Posted on February 25th, 2013
An Act With Many Acts The Affordable Care Act (ACA) almost didn’t happen. Since its narrow passage in March 2010, it has been debated, derided, and even repealed by the US…
Article Called to Teach
- By Alex Joyner
- Posted on January 12th, 2013
Teaching in the Desert In the early days of the Christian church, as recorded in the Book of Acts, an angel told Philip, one of Jesus’ disciples, to go along the desert…
Article Organized Religion: Decline, Opportunity, and Hope
- By Alex Joyner
- Posted on September 12th, 2012
“The Bear Market in GOD” Joe Weisenthal, deputy editor of the Business Insider website, put this provocative title on a graph that showed a dramatic downwardtrending…
Article Easter People
- By Alex Joyner
- Posted on April 4th, 2012
Easter in a Name She was standing near the tomb, weeping. After all the loss and violence of the last few days, there was no room in her mind or her heart for anything else. Mary …