by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 11, 2012 | Opinion
Cherry blossoms in spring are among God’s most beautiful gifts. One thing I particularly like about the annual show of pink and white is that the flowering trees go through obvious stages of growth, but each has its own distinct beauty. Buds first emerge on bare...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 9, 2012 | Opinion
What’s not to like about Bubba Watson, the newly crowned champion of golf’s hallowed Masters Tournament? He grew up in a tiny Florida panhandle town named Baghdad, played golf for the University of Georgia, and lives at least half the year in North...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 6, 2012 | Opinion
I wondered, as I awoke several times between Maundy Thursday night and Good Friday morning, what the chances are that Jesus got any sleep between his arrest and his crucifixion. I’m inclined to doubt it. Gethsemane, in daylightWe have nothing to go on but...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 4, 2012 | Opinion
It wasn’t that large, maybe three times the size of Winnie the Pooh’s “three acre wood,” but it was big enough to be magical to a boy who loved feeling close to the earth. We called them “the Spring Woods” because there was a...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 2, 2012 | Opinion
The dog and I were out for a backroads ramble during a family visit in Georgia when we ran across the goat. I heard him before I saw him, though his cry was pitifully small for a big billy. I suppose he was tired: at some point he had stuck his head through the...
