by Guy Sayles | Apr 6, 2016 | Opinion
Conversations about vocation and calling are one of many gifts I receive from my students at Mars Hill University. As they get closer to graduating, they inevitably ask questions like: “What’s next? Grad school? What discipline and where? A job? Can I find...
by Bob Newell | Apr 6, 2016 | Opinion
My wife and I recently returned to Athens, Greece, to minister among Greeks and Albanians. The lives, fortunes and misfortunes of many there continue to matter to us, despite the reality that we no longer live among them. Their struggles remain current to us and our...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 5, 2016 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce For many of my friends and me, this is the year we turn 60. It’s amazing how quickly one can go from Chocks (or Flintstones) to silver vitamins. Once upon a time 60 was old age. Those were the retired guys with eight and half fingers who helped us...
by Joe LaGuardia | Apr 5, 2016 | Opinion
I am the first to admit that many in the pastoral profession desire all the perks of being a CEO in a local church – complete with salary and benefits – while refusing to be held accountable to the same standards as CEOs who work in the business world....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 4, 2016 | Opinion
A weekend in the mountains is almost always good for the soul, especially when one is healthy enough — and the weather is nice enough — for hiking random trails, especially those that aren’t so well known. While mountain trails often open up to...
by Mike Kuhn | Apr 4, 2016 | Opinion
Too often people divide the entire population of the world (7.4 billion, by the way) into two distinct categories – “There are two kinds of people in the world.” The dividing lines could fall at any number of angles depending on the speaker’s...
