by Guy Sayles | Mar 26, 2015 | Opinion
We’ve all heard or used the expression, “My heart isn’t in it anymore.” When we feel that way, we’re in good company. Twice in 2 Corinthians 4, early and late in his reflections on the relationship of our humanity and the good news of...
by Guy Sayles | Dec 24, 2014 | Opinion
One Saturday afternoon while walking downtown among crowds of tourists and Christmas shoppers, I saw and heard two conversations that caught my attention. An older couple was fussing with each other about what to do next as they came out of a store. He had a huge bag...
by Guy Sayles | Jun 18, 2014 | Opinion
Day by day, in the decisions we make and the actions we take, we are choosing whether to live in the desert of division or in the promised land of peace; in the wilderness of exclusion or the paradise of acceptance; in the far country of fear or the home of love. We...
by Guy Sayles | May 19, 2014 | Opinion
I sat for a while on a bench near the Asheville, North Carolina, courthouse after a long walk around town late one afternoon. Almost directly in front of me on the stone-paved area in front of the amphitheater stage was a group of five younger adults—three men and two...
by Guy Sayles | Apr 24, 2014 | Opinion
Not long after I came to Asheville, N.C., the Republican Men’s Club of Buncombe County invited me to their breakfast meeting to tell them about myself and my hopes for First Baptist Ashville’s future. The man who invited me was a member of the church and...
