by Joe Rector | Jan 7, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The New Year is here. I have listened to talk show hosts spout their resolutions for the coming months. I’ve read plenty of the same thing on social media sites. Well, I’m not promising anything to myself. Instead, I’m going to follow the lead Reverend...
by Ralphine Major | Jan 7, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is the Bible verse that always comes to mind at the start of a new year. From Paul’s letter to the Philippians, “ . . . but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the...
by design | Jan 7, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I was never bookish growing up. I did well enough in school to get by and mostly avoided parental punishment. Admittedly, my primary interests were sports and girls. My fifth grade teacher and I are church members, and she was once asked if she...
by Mark Nagi | Jan 7, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Who needs an offensive coordinator anyway! That surely must be what the folks at the UT football complex are thinking these days. As of the writing of this article, 39 days had passed since Tyson Helton resigned as Tennessee’s OC to take the...
by design | Dec 31, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson At year’s end, we expect to hear and sometimes make New Year’s resolutions. One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to pay attention and not forget vacation schedules. Each week columnists have editorial deadlines for the Focus. The problem occurs when...
by Ralphine Major | Dec 31, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major On a Sunday morning in November, gift bags would be passed along each row of the congregation. Church members were to take out a packet of tickets, go out in the community, and invite people to The Living Christmas Tree service. It was a creative...
