by Robert Parham | Feb 17, 2015 | Opinion
The man and the war are mostly forgotten. The war cost upward of 2 million civilian lives in less than three years, many from starvation and others from government aircrafts bombing civilian targets. The man was a Southern Baptist missionary, Bryant Durham. He stayed...
by Trevor Barton | Feb 16, 2015 | Opinion
A little boy from Honduras is in my classroom. He speaks Spanish but is learning English and tries with all his heart to learn new words and strange phrases that will allow him to live in his new world here. He is 9 years old. Dark hair cuts straight across his...
by Ircel Harrison | Feb 16, 2015 | Opinion
Many challenges face the church today, but one of the most significant is our ability to live, function and minister in a world that is increasingly diverse. Perhaps the issue is not that the world is more diverse but that this diversity has become part of our...
by David Hull | Feb 16, 2015 | Opinion
The Super Bowl is the one night of the year when I actually want to watch the commercials. With the ad spots going for top dollar, this is the time when new and creative advertising is offered to the viewing public. The theme I saw running through the ads this year...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 14, 2015 | Opinion
According to a consumer spending survey by the National Retail Federation, Americans were expected to spend $18.9 billion dollars this year on Valentine’s Day. That works out to more than $142 per person, up from $133 last year. If that sounds high, it’s...
by Molly T. Marshall | Feb 13, 2015 | Opinion
Transfiguration Sunday, celebrated Feb. 15 this year, concludes the season after the Epiphany, which is all about light – stunning, shimmering, flickering, blazing, sparkling, illuminating and revealing. God’s light has broken into the world in the person...
