by Mike Parnell | Jan 28, 2011 | Opinion
My second favorite day of the year came this past Tuesday. On Jan. 25, the Academy Award nominations were released, which leads to handicapping the Oscars and an on up to my favorite day of the year, Feb. 27 – when they will hand out the golden statues. “The...
by Bill Wilson | Jan 28, 2011 | Opinion
A couple of years ago, we tried something radical on Wednesday evenings at our church. Over the course of five weeks, we had prayer meeting. This was not simply the hospital list prayer meeting; this was honest prayer. One hour of prayer, five weeks in a row. Each...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 27, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce Sometimes what we hear or read takes us back to a specific time and place. Learning that Reaves McCall had died last Friday (Jan. 21) took me back a few years to Mr. B’s Seafood on the outskirts of Hartsville, S.C. My colleague Keithen Tucker and...
by David True | Jan 27, 2011 | Opinion
With the agreement by Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to convene the recently elected parliament, a growing crisis appears to have been averted. As important as this decision is in the short term, however, it will not settle the larger question of whether we can...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 27, 2011 | Opinion
President Obama gave his annual State of the Union address Tuesday evening, and it was a night with much to be thankful for. Political leaders set aside their ideological differences and sat next to one another. There were no boos and shouting like last year. Our...
by Bob Cornwall | Jan 27, 2011 | Opinion
As I was watching President Obama speak Tuesday night, I couldn’t help but think of Doug Pagitt’s new book, “Church in the Inventive Age.” Like Pagitt, the president pounded home his conviction that the world has changed and we need to adapt to...
