Hot wheat from Hazor

Archaeologists are debating the significance of recent finds in Hazor (pronounced HOT-soar), an ancient Canaanite city in upper Galilee that later became an Israelite stronghold. The dig in Hazor, 2009.Of course, if they weren’t holding forth differing...

A legacy, gone

The iconic statue of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is gone, yet another victim in the ongoing child molestation scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. AP photo by John Beale, from boston.comThe art emplacement, which included a wall...

Amazing … what?

While attending a breakout session during the Oasis music and worship conference sponsored by the Campbell University Divinity School on Wednesday, I learned that my all-time favorite hymn was not originally titled “Amazing Grace.” (Click to expand)It was...

Genetically speaking …

It’s tomato season, and that always makes me happy. The little raised bed on the side of my house is producing so many tomatoes that I’m eating them two or three times per day and giving them to friends, with plenty left over — including all those...