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Maybe next year

by | Dec 23, 2024 | Columnist, Rector

Maybe next year By Joe Rector Christmas is barreling at us like a run-away eighteen- wheeler. I’m not sure how, but my shopping is completed. Of course, I only have to buy for Amy. She’s the one who runs herself ragged and fights the crowded stores as she searches for...

Two games in one night

by | Dec 23, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly

Two games in one night By Tom Mattingly Ray Mears did not come up with all the gimmicks surrounding Tennessee basketball by himself. Ray did his share, but one of the more interesting ways to try to get people in the seats at the Armory-Fieldhouse came in the...

Why do we care so much?

by | Dec 23, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi

Why do we care so much? By Mark Nagi I feel like I write an article like this one at least twice a year, typically when one of my sports teams loses in a crushing or an emotionally taxing manner. I ask the question…why do we care so much about sports? I mean, with...

Reminiscing

by | Dec 23, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson

Reminiscing I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams. Gannon & Kent By Dr. Jim Ferguson This bittersweet Christmas classic, recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby, always reminds me of soldiers far from home. However, that thought is too restrictive because the...

Lessons learned in my (almost) 78 years

by | Dec 23, 2024 | Columnist, Steely

Lessons learned in my (almost) 78 years More Than A Day Away By Mike Steely The day after Christmas I will turn 78 years old. I’ve often said that in my head I’m 35 and sometimes that thought can cause problems for my much older body. I am grateful for my many years,...

Heaven for all or for some?

by | Dec 23, 2024 | Black, Columnist

Heaven for all or for some? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I love Christian principles and strive to live by them. I firmly believe that those principles that helped mold Western civilization have led to a better world than one that...

You Are Welcome At Eastminster Church

by | Dec 23, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan

You Are Welcome At Eastminster Church By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com This column will be published the day before Christmas Eve. I want to invite you to my church, Eastminster Presbyterian, for a beautiful candlelight service at 5:00 p.m. the night before...