by design | Aug 11, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
When Mercy Writes Your Story By Justin Pratt Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor I was only a 4th or 5th grader when a group of boys and I thought it would be funny to throw paint we had found onto the side of Alice Bell Elementary School in the early 1990s. I...
by design | Aug 11, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Child’s pay By Joe Rector I’m not sure if children today have “chores” that they are required to complete. Neither am I sure whether or not young people receive an “allowance” for performing those jobs assigned by their parents. Today’s world is so different than the...
by design | Aug 11, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Bots By Dr. Jim Ferguson Sometimes the most difficult thing about writing is composing the first sentence because it’s difficult to know where to start. In “The Sound of Music,” Maria was having a difficult time teaching the Von Trapp children how to sing. So she...
by design | Aug 11, 2025 | Black, Columnist
How can California mandate the sale of only cage-free eggs? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com It took an act of Congress to repeal the California mandate banning the sale of gas-powered vehicles. I presume that it was another...
by design | Aug 11, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
My Golf Game Is Unbelievable (Part One) By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com When I come in from playing golf and someone asks me how I did, I usually just say, “Unbelievable.” That can mean either good or bad, and most of the time it is not good. One of my...
