by Zach Dawes Jr | May 19, 2015 | Opinion
My son was not quite 3 weeks old when my wife and I toured a local Montessori school in search of a pre-K program for him. We reserved a spot in the school beginning October 2016 before he was a month old. Why so early? We want him to have access to quality pre-K...
by Sam Harrell | May 19, 2015 | Opinion
Discussions and debates on the issue of our environmental future often generate more heat than light. We tend to be polarized into camps when such discussions take place. Some have their eyes only on climate change, others on population control. Still others swear...
by Joe LaGuardia | May 19, 2015 | Opinion
There has been much discussion lately over a recent study published by the Pew Research Center reporting a rise of people of no faith (“the unaffiliated”) and the demise of Christianity in the U.S. The numbers are humbling. The percentage of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 18, 2015 | Opinion
The penultimate day of the Campbell University Divinity School’s 2015 Bible Lands Study Tour was spent in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. We began the day with a photo op atop the Mount Olives, then made our way down the Palm Sunday Road, where we stopped to examine an...
by Terry Austin | May 18, 2015 | Opinion
I was a pastor in a small rural community many years ago, and one of the big events was the annual school board election. The community was small enough that everyone knew everyone else, including all their weaknesses and strengths. Consequently, no one ever...
by Dennis Bickers | May 18, 2015 | Opinion
There are so many positive things a minister or church can do with social media that it is hard for me to understand why some avoid it with a passion. I think every pastor and church should use social media to connect with the congregation and the community they...
