by design | Mar 30, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly When you think about it, trains have been involved in several memorable moments in the history of Tennessee football, way before the 1972 game at Georgia when Vol fans rode a chartered train from Atlanta to Athens. Three of us—Doug Jones, Jim Gentry,...
by design | Mar 30, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor The day that Jesus Christ died, darkness settled across the sky, not as a gentle dimming, but as a suffocating shroud that swallowed the light of day. The air was heavy. The ground groaned beneath the...
by design | Mar 29, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Sheridan Gorman was an 18-year-old young lady attending Loyola University, where she was a freshman student. Sheridan and a group of friends were out walking along a pier to look at the skyline at Tobey Prinz Beach Park in Chicago. A pleasant evening...
by design | Mar 29, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Elective political careers frequently have a short expiration date, while others keep going until they literally drop. Much of the longevity depends upon circumstance, timing, luck and ability. Some political careers are the result of careful planning and...
by design | Mar 23, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor What if God wasn’t necessarily looking for polished belief, but just sheer honesty in the real and raw human need? In Mark 9, we are privileged to relive the story of a father who stands in a crowd, watching...
by design | Mar 23, 2026 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector My sister-in-law and her friend Don came around the corner of the house and shouted at Jim and me. We walked over to them, shook hands and hugged each other, and spent the next half hour talking. Most of our conversation centered around the fact that we...
