St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Lowell's Column in the Northwest Arkansas Times

Every other week St. Paul's Rector, the Rev. Lowell E. Grisham writes an editorial column for the Fayetteville, Arkansas paper, the Northwest Arkansas Times.

Click the links below to access those articles.

2011 Columns

Rich Get Richer

2010 Columns

Religious Pluralism

The DREAM Act

The Paranoia Switch

The Truth

A Mandate for Health Care

Wage Theft

2009 Columns

"Where the Wild Things Are" and Halloween

Loving the Fear Out of Health Care

Firm Foundations

Promoting Christian Values

Can We Talk About Health Care?

Saving Salvation

Ubuntu: I in You and You in Me

In Praise of Religious Freedom

Let Light Shine in the Darkness

Elementary Human Rights

Government Oppression

Holy Week is Not For Christians Only

God Loves the Poor and Alien

Seeing a Deeper Reality

Everybody's Your Neighbor in a Storm

A Walk from the Past to the Future

New Year's Resolutions

2008 Columns

The Generous Gift of Christmas

Isaiah Speaks to a Broken System

A Pastoral Letter about Immigration and Human Rights

How Things Have Changed

From Little ACORNS Good Trees Grow

Handcuffing Our Families

Why Conservatives are Happier than Liberals

A Labor Day Meditation

State-Supported Encouragement of Irresponsible Behavior

Hating LIberals

We Can't Get Fooled Again

Celebrating Anniversaries

Returning To Our Deepest Values

Praying for our Military

A Nation Where Everyone Can Pray

How Fast Would You Drive?

"Who Would Jesus Shoot?"

It's About Breast Cancer!

Transcending Religious Monopolies

Interpreting Through the Lens of Jesus

Conserving the Values of Martin Luther King

New Year's Resolutions

2007 Columns

A Family Christmas Story

Presidential Genesis

Thanksgiving Wisdom

Change the Law

Monsters and Heroes

Taking Care of the Children

Let Go of the Rope

Living With Uncertainty, Absence, and Doubt

Be Not Afraid

Absolute Objective Certainties

The Good Guys for Children & Families

Who Gets To Be In Charge?

Remembering John Lewis

Paying Our Share

Raising Reconciliation Above Resolution

Terrorizing SUV's

When Loving Your Neighbor is So Hard

Picking on the Vulnerable

Conversations Among Evangelicals

I Wish Rainwater Was Beer

The Resurrection of Jim Crow

The Spirituality of Evolution

The Costs of War

Dear Lord Baby Jesus -- Letting Christmas Grow Up

2006 Columns

Hinges of History -- 500-year Cycles of Reformation

The Spirit of Thanksgiving --Generous Empathy for the "Other"

Creating Hope -- Nobel Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus

Vote God

Letting the Terrorists Win

Fighting Terrorism With Schools

For Fidelity

Working and Justice in America

Overcoming Evil with Good

Inconvenient Truths

Choosing Life

Ending Extreme Poverty

Marriages and Anniversaries

Amos for the 21st Century

Finding Common Ground

Training Horses and Children

Jesus Challenges the Powers

Gospel in the News

Science and Religion

Does the Bible Speak to the Government?

The AFAA Agenda

War is Not the Language

The Book of Daniel

Minimum Wage

These columns represent the personal opinions of the Rev. Lowell Grisham and are not intended to represent the diverse views of St. Paul's members or of the Episcopal Church.