by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 27, 2008 | Opinion
In the southeast corner of North Carolina, there is a small community named Northwest. On the outskirts of that community lives a dear lady who owns the pond of my dreams.This past weekend, while I was in the area for a speaking engagement at Goshen Baptist Church,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 27, 2008 | Opinion
Could our current presidential candidates learn anything from the biblical example of David, either before or after he became king? A recent invitation to lecture on “David and Leadership” for the Smoky Mountain Institute for Christian Leadership set the...
by James L. Evans | Oct 27, 2008 | Opinion
Halloween serves as a warning to those Christians who would gladly give over the particulars of their faith into the hands of culture. It is interesting to notice the many different responses the holiday provokes. For one thing, Halloween is no longer just for...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 24, 2008 | Opinion
In my last post, I suggested seven positive leadership lessons the current presidential candidates could gain from a study of David’s rise to power in Israel (1 Samuel 16-2 Samuel 10, 21-24). While David was on his way to the top — taking Israel with him...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 24, 2008 | Opinion
MACON, GA. — Jimmy Carter flashed his trademark smile and laughed when a well-meaning Mercer University student approached a microphone and said that “generations” in his family had greatly admired the former president.”Generations?” responded...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 24, 2008 | Opinion
Filmmaker Margaret Brown, a Mobile, Ala., native, burrows into the inherited racialization that swirls around her hometown’s Mardi Gras celebrations. Yet the upshot is that most of the social actors, black and white, in this community drama don’t complain...
