by design | Jul 1, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Join us this July 4th at James White’s Fort in Knoxville! 🎆 🕙 10:00 a.m. sharp — Be there as we celebrate Independence Day the way our Founders did! Bring the whole family and enjoy: ✨ Live reading of the Declaration of Independence — just like it was done in...
by design | Jun 30, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘A sackful of gimmicks and a burning desire to succeed’ By Tom Mattingly AUTHOR’S NOTE FOR PERSPECTIVE: This story was first written on June 12, 2007, after news broke a day earlier that Ray Mears (Nov. 8, 1926-June 11, 2007) had died in Knoxville. Much...
by design | Jun 30, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Surprises And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for a time such as this. Esther 4:14 By Dr. Jim Ferguson In the Myers-Briggs typology of personality, I am an ISTJ. These designations define me as slightly introverted, a careful observer who is logical...
by design | Jun 30, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Everyone Gets a Trophy By Joe Rector I’m old school when it comes to schools and education and make no apologies for being so. Spending 30 years in the classroom as a teacher should allow me to at least voice an opinion on the school system and the board’s decisions....
by design | Jun 30, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
Sacred Silence: Making Room to Hear the Voice of God By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor The intention of this article is not political. I assure you that it does not lean toward Republican rhetoric or Democratic declarations. There is no...
