by design | Dec 29, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:10 I have been a stargazer all my adult life. Years ago, instead of a Red Ryder BB gun like Ralphie’s in the movie “A Christmas Story,” I asked Santa...
by design | Dec 29, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor If you are like me, you are not particularly fond of the days between Christmas and New Year’s. The decorations remain, the songs still echo faintly, but the urgency, excitement, and expectation seem to have...
by design | Dec 29, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Every morning, I rise from bed when my eyes open. If I’ve used an alarm clock, the snooze button is never touched. I walk through the house and hit the button to start the coffee pot brewing and continue to my bathroom at the far end of the house. I...
by design | Dec 29, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly The last weeks of December 1969 constituted significant moments in the history of Tennessee football. If you’re so inclined, cast a glance toward North Florida and remember how things transpired. The final game of the Doug Dickey coaching era in...
by design | Dec 29, 2025 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams I just came in from outside on Christmas day 2025. It felt more like a day in Sept-ember weather-wise in Inskip-Norwood. The sky above was blue with fluffy white clouds. My outside temperature gauge pointed at the upper 60s at 12:30 p.m. The only...
by design | Dec 28, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Fake News, Indeed The extent of the fraud in Minnesota continues to spread like a wildfire in a drought. Estimates are that Minnesota and U.S. taxpayers have been bilked out of as much as $9 billion. It shows just how rampant fraud is in one of 50...
