by Gary Farley | Sep 13, 2005 | Opinion
Jim, an 84-year-old native of Aliceville, Ala., declared at the drug store last week that the wind that came through with Katrina was the strongest he had ever experienced. Most people in our west Alabama county lost electric power for several days. Some houses were...
by Gary Farley | Aug 24, 2005 | Opinion
The members of our mission trip team were not shocked or threatened by the poverty we found in the Northern city communities where we worked for a week this summer. We live in the Black Belt. Some of us qualify as poor persons by the federal guidelines. Most of us...
by Gary Farley | Aug 11, 2005 | Opinion
Fifty years ago most rural Baptist churches were very different from what they are today. Most shared a preacher with one or more other congregations. Most did not have worship services every Sunday. Most met in a one-room building. Most drew their membership from the...
by Gary Farley | Jul 5, 2005 | Opinion
Essayist, poet, novelist, lay theologian and farmer are all descriptive of the life and work of Wendell Berry. For more than 40 years he has lived on and worked a small farm in Kentucky. His roots are generations deep in this place. He knows its soil, its people and...
by Gary Farley | May 31, 2005 | Opinion
The pastor at Mount Pleasant resigned nearly four years ago, saying that he felt that God was telling him that his ministry there was over. Everyone was in shock. He had served the church for 34 years as a bi-vocational pastor. The congregation was at peace. We asked,...
