by Jim Somerville | Sep 1, 2010 | Opinion
What happens when you pray for someone to be healed of cancer and they die anyway? That’s what we were asking at Anna Reinstein’s funeral on a recent Tuesday. Anna was only 51 years old, a beautiful young mother with children still at home. She had...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 31, 2010 | Opinion
Criticism from an insider should be heard with greater consideration. There is no ulterior motive. No partisan loyalties at work. Such is the case with Russell Moore’s excellent critique — titled “God, the Gospel and Glenn Beck” — of the Fox News...
by Ircel Harrison | Aug 31, 2010 | Opinion
Our community is not large, but we now have several coffee shops. As I stopped by one this morning, I started thinking about the differences among the several that I frequent. There is, of course, the major national – or perhaps even international – chain. They have...
by Cliff Vaughn | Aug 31, 2010 | Opinion
“You’re entitled to your own opinions,” the saying begins. “But you’re not entitled to your own facts.” Maybe not. But we’re at least entitled to ignore or deny as many facts as necessary to reach a conclusion more suited to...
by Jim Hill | Aug 31, 2010 | Opinion
Everyone knows the political season is in full swing. The political ads on television and radio and those annoying automated phone calls are in full operation. I am looking forward to the elections just because I want the campaign season to be over. I know from...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 30, 2010 | Opinion
I’ve always liked butterflies. There’s something about them that shouts of God’s abundance in blessing the world with, as the old Anglican hymn says, “All Things Bright and Beautiful.” That’s one of the reasons we planted several...
