by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 4, 2016 | Opinion
We love a comeback story, but not as much as a resignation or firing in our quick-to-condemn society. The University of Missouri decided last week to fire assistant professor Melissa Click based on her actions during an on-campus protest in November 2015. The...
by Neville Callam | Mar 3, 2016 | Opinion
I continue to be intrigued by a report that emerged in the wake of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, Oct. 4-25, 2015. The report alleges that, on Oct. 12, 2015, near the start of the synod, 13 cardinals, including New...
by Mary Buckner | Mar 3, 2016 | Opinion
Did you know that the largest unchurched people group in the United States is families who are touched by special needs? What is your church doing to try to reach this oft-neglected segment of people in our neighborhoods? Most of us who regularly attend Sunday school...
by Sean McKenzie | Mar 2, 2016 | Opinion
We have all encountered bullying in some form or another. These are sometimes painful memories. It’s a terrible feeling to be weak and unable to stand up for ourselves. Perhaps even more painful is the knowledge that from time to time many of us participated, or...
by Barry Howard | Mar 2, 2016 | Opinion
I drove north on Pensacola, Florida’s Scenic Bluffs Highway, one of the most beautiful coastal drives in America. And yet, as the sunrise glistened over Escambia Bay, the picturesque Florida scenery was scarred by nature’s whim. Stately oaks were uprooted,...
by Larry Eubanks | Mar 2, 2016 | Opinion
There is little about the fourth Beatitude – “Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for righteousness” – that we get right. Let’s start with our concept of “righteousness.” We have made it a general term for...
