by Guy Sayles | May 2, 2012 | Opinion
Sometimes, we need to set aside efficiency for the sake of love and to sacrifice success for the sake of faithfulness. There are some things so right and good, so significant and wonderful, that we have to do them, no matter what. We know that they matter, even if we...
by Guy Sayles | Apr 24, 2012 | Opinion
In an essay about the 2000 presidential election, David Foster Wallace wondered why so many potential voters, especially younger ones, seemed so “uninterested in politics.” He concluded that, more than anything else, younger people found politics boring...
by Guy Sayles | Apr 17, 2012 | Opinion
Editor’s note: Guy Sayles, pastor of First Baptist Church in Asheville, N.C., offered the following remarks at the April 12, 2012, meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Education. “While the statement is content-specific,” says Sayles, “it...
by Guy Sayles | Apr 6, 2012 | Opinion
We were created for worship and fashioned for praise. Tortured genius and brilliant critic of the church, Frederick Nietzsche, believed that human beings are driven by a will to power. We are, he said, desperate to have a sense of mastery over the sinister, unseen but...
by Guy Sayles | Apr 3, 2012 | Opinion
Not long ago, I had to make a hurried trip to Atlanta and back. As I traveled, I noticed the restaurants and fast-food joints, or signs for them, which line our interstate highways. Applebee’s, Arby’s, Burger King, Chick-fil-A, Chili’s,...
