by Guy Sayles | Apr 11, 2016 | Opinion
The anger is palpable, isn’t it? The presidential primary campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have, in different ways, focused and channeled a lot of the anger people feel. Trump and Sanders diverge radically from each other in their fundamental...
by Guy Sayles | Apr 6, 2016 | Opinion
Conversations about vocation and calling are one of many gifts I receive from my students at Mars Hill University. As they get closer to graduating, they inevitably ask questions like: “What’s next? Grad school? What discipline and where? A job? Can I find...
by Guy Sayles | Mar 17, 2016 | Opinion
How can a congregation be “salt” and “light” in ways that help people in need without creating dependency? I had a fascinating conversation recently about this question with some folks who are trying hard to understand how their downtown church...
by Guy Sayles | Mar 10, 2016 | Opinion
When writer Rick Bragg was young and struggling to find his way in journalism, he won a prestigious fellowship to Harvard University. While there, he felt out of place. He hadn’t finished college, and he was in classes with people who were pursuing graduate...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 23, 2016 | Opinion
How can Christian ethics guide our engagement with U.S. culture? That is the question my students and I are exploring together this semester, seeking the ways in which various approaches to Christian ethics conflict and converge with the values of U.S. culture or...
