by Brent McDougal | Dec 12, 2016 | Opinion
With all of the talk about how divided America is, I continue to believe that there is more that we have in common than what drives us apart. One fundamental need that all humans have is for deep, supportive relationships. Relationships make the difference when...
by Bill Owen | Dec 12, 2016 | Opinion
I love this time of year, don’t you? Even though the days are getting shorter, I love the cool, crisp air and the changing colors of fall. It’s nice cutting the air conditioning down at home. Pleasant evenings find my wife, Cindy, and me sitting in the...
by Dennis Bickers | Dec 12, 2016 | Opinion
There is a lot of useless information out there. Fake news sites publish fake stories and place them on social media where many of them quickly go viral. Because they confirm what people want to be true (or affirm what they already think), they share them with others,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 11, 2016 | Opinion
The paucity of posts I’ve generated in the past few months reminds me of how hard it’s been for me to generate blogs lately. I could claim a lack of time, but I’ve always had to squeeze blog-writing into what are typically very busy days. I could...
by Michael Parnell | Dec 9, 2016 | Opinion
Can a boundary be put upon love? Can someone decide who can love another? Is it the state’s right to decide who has the right to marriage? These are the questions that “Loving” places before the viewer. It begins in the late 1950s in a rural county...
by Roger Olson | Dec 9, 2016 | Opinion
I understand liberation theology (in all its forms) as “protest theology” and an attempt to focus Christian thought on pressing issues of social injustice and oppression. I cannot accept it insofar as it is a “replacement theology” sweeping...
