by Joe Rector | Oct 15, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Over the past couple of years, the partisanship and resulting animus between political sides has increased to a level that makes me wonder if our country will ever be all right. Politicians have managed to fracture the very fabric that makes American...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 15, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “I’ll be glad when Christmas is over;” he said. His words were followed by his familiar smile. A soft chuckle hovered over the congregation, many obviously identifying with his words. He continued. “Do you realize how that sounds for a Christian...
by design | Oct 15, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Perhaps by the time you read this essay, my daughter in Portland, Oregon will be bringing her second daughter into the world. And what a landscape awaits my fifth grandchild. Antifa blocks city streets in Portland and accosts citizens. Becky and I...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Oct 8, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan At some point in your life you may have gotten a little too fast and loose with using your credit card and racked up bills that you could not afford to pay. Or perhaps you got a medical bill and have gotten behind on your payments. ...
by Mike Steely | Oct 8, 2018 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Sometimes you just have to get away for a day or two. My wife and I did that recently after both of us were stressed out and neither of us in good health. We hooked up our little pop-up camper, reserved a camping spot on the Little Pigeon River,...
by design | Oct 8, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I am not a fan of long winded character development in novels. I’m more of a plot focused guy. Consequently, Charles Dickens wears me out. However, the opening lines of his novel “A Tale of Two Cities” captures where I am today. “It was the...
