by Drew Smith | Aug 25, 2008 | Opinion
In an earlier column, I wrote about how we discover contentment through the experience of God’s continual presence, the present that God gives us to live today and the relationships God brings into each of our lives. For followers of Christ, however, there is a...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Aug 25, 2008 | Opinion
I must have been about 10 when I first went to Disneyland in Southern California around 1968. Going to Disneyland was a dream come true for me. My parents scraped and saved to make this trip possible. Like every other preadolescent child, I bought my mouse ears, but...
by Andy Watts | Aug 25, 2008 | Opinion
Every morning when I walk to my office, I pass the centerpiece of Belmont University: the 150-year-old bell tower. From it currently hangs a 20-foot banner advertising “Debate 08,” the Oct. 7 town hall presidential debate hosted by Belmont. I’m...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 24, 2008 | Opinion
The best one-liner from the recent Rick Warren conversations with the presidential candidates came from Democratic contender Barack Obama when the Saddleback pastor asked him to define “rich.”With a smile, Sen. Obama replied: “If you’ve sold 25...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 22, 2008 | Opinion
The Beijing Olympic games have brought any number of fascinating stories, some of which the Chinese authorities would very much have liked to keep under wraps.There is, for example, the story of two elderly women who were inadequately compensated after their homes...
by Cliff Vaughn | Aug 22, 2008 | Opinion
In a well-known historical moment on Aug. 8, 1974, Richard Nixon went on TV to resign the presidency. The day before, much less well-known before now, a Frenchman named Philippe Petit walked a high-wire strung between the twin towers of New York’s World Trade...
