The path of Harriet Tubman guides our present and future
By AUDREY PETERMAN ‘I could have freed 1000 more, had they but known they was slaves’ Whenever I’m facing a challenge, I think back to …
Are we really willing to sell our birthright for ‘a mess of pottage?’
PHOTO COURTESY OF EVANGELICALSFORSOCIALACTION.ORG The first time I approached the Grand Canyon I walked to the rim expecting to look down, and instead looked over …
Florida’s water needs our urgent attention before it’s too late
Since my last column, an alarming number of tragic events have occurred related to Florida’s water. We are in an era of dangerous consequences from …
Florida poised for similar water disaster as Flint, Michigan
While our country reels from the knowledge that elected officials poisoned the water supply of an entire city and covered it up when citizens complained, …
‘Body bags’ haunt my vision at everglades conference
For decades my husband Frank has periodically mentioned the “cultural lag” theory that he first heard in college in the 1960s. It refers to what …
In flooding preparations, Florida gets an ‘F’
After I sent in my column, “How is South Florida preparing for extreme flooding?” last Monday, I had a few anxious moments. The scenario I …
How is South Florida preparing for extreme flooding?
In the Bible, Noah warned that a great flood is coming and was met with a great big shrug. Today scientists are warning South Floridians …
‘King Tide’ floods preview climate impacts
How did you fare with the recent King Tide coinciding with the full Blood Moon? From our sailboat on the New River, we saw schools …
Why is Pres. Obama allowing Shell to drill in the Arctic?
By Audrey Peterman When President Obama traveled to Alaska and renamed Mount Denali last week, I had visions of the mountain as I watched it …
Our Rainforest is on fire? Time to wake up, South Florida!
I was shocked to read in a prominent magazine last week that one of our three rainforests is on fire. Frank and I spent so …