by Gary Farley | Feb 6, 2006 | Opinion
Ministry in rural areas, particularly poor ones, is becoming increasingly challenging due to the growing plague of crystal methamphetamine. Its production and use is destroying persons and families. It breaks the hearts of pastors, Sunday school teachers, youth...
by Gary Farley | Jan 12, 2006 | Opinion
While viewing the football bowl games last week, I noted that the ABC television network was promoting some new series for their Monday night lineup with the phrase, “Putting the Fun Back in Romance.” The promo clips for these shows indicated to me that...
by Gary Farley | Dec 13, 2005 | Opinion
Wal-Mart will be closing its store in Livingston, Ala. early next year. The reason offered is that Wal-Mart has opened Supercenters about 25 miles away in Demopolis, Ala., and in Meridian, Miss. When Wal-Mart located in Livingston 25 years ago, the main street in this...
by Gary Farley | Nov 22, 2005 | Opinion
When rural families gather to celebrate Thanksgiving Day soon, a wide variety of emotions about the past year and the coming year will be expressed by some and suppressed by others. The Thrashers, Gibsons, and Wests will rejoice in the fact that their husbands and...
by Gary Farley | Oct 13, 2005 | Opinion
Altruism vs. egoism was a much-debated topic among ethicists, philosophers and social scientists some 40-plus years ago when I first began seriously studying ethics. The issue was whether ordinary people performing loving acts were motivated by love of others or by...
