Ron Hutchcraft

Op-ed contributor

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Apr 7, 2024
What can we learn from the upcoming solar eclipse?
While solar eclipses are relatively rare, we experience eclipse much more frequently than we realize. Not in the sky. But in ourselves.
Mar 31, 2024
The tragic Baltimore Key Bridge collapse and an empty tomb
My second thought was, “The ‘always be there’ things in our life are like that bridge — they can be there one minute, then so suddenly be gone.”
Aug 17, 2023
Maui fires: A landscape of loss and one symbol of hope
I know my days of life-altering loss certainly aren't unique to me. At some time or another, the fire comes for all of us.
Dec 24, 2020
Choose defiant hope for 2021
Like the day when Laura learned her husband was suddenly arrested for sexual crimes with underage girls. Or the day Greg and Tammy were informed that their five-year-old daughter had terminal leukemia.
Apr 1, 2020
4 prayers to find pandemic peace
I've also learned to pray... "Lord, help me to do just one day at a time."
Mar 9, 2020
Is it reasonable to ask us not to be afraid?
Without any time to think about it, only one word came to mind. "Vulnerable. We feel vulnerable." I think that's how many of us are feeling in a world that's "shaking."
Jan 31, 2020
Kobe's biggest game
Many Kobe tributes have also referenced his darkest chapters. But it's the way Kobe Bryant lived his remaining years that, measured spiritually, may have been his "biggest game."
Dec 13, 2018
A different kind of Christian
That's what I want to be. Because an awful lot of people don't really like the kind of Christian they're seeing. And that's a big deal. Because it's keeping them from Jesus.
Mar 6, 2018
Billy's Gone - Now What?
We knew it was coming. With each passing birthday, we knew a spiritual giant of our lifetime would be in heaven soon. But what now?
Sep 6, 2015
God Sent a Moose
If I was back in elementary school, and they asked me to write a composition on "My Summer," I'd have one word on the paper. Amazing.