by Joe LaGuardia | Jun 12, 2014 | Opinion
Churches across the world recently celebrated Pentecost, affirming God’s salvation and call “upon all flesh,” a calling whereby “your sons and your daughters shall prophesy … even upon my slaves, both men and women” (see Acts 2:17,18)....
by Michael Helms | Jun 11, 2014 | Opinion
There are people who have devoted serious careers to the study of humor, and many, if not most, are not very funny. They are like me–they are not the life of the party, but they love to laugh. They are also interested in the psychology, sociology and physiology...
by Ircel Harrison | Jun 11, 2014 | Opinion
My grandson, Noah, and I visited Washington, D.C., recently, and one of the highlights was a tour of the U.S. Capitol. We had done this before, but each time is a learning experience. As our guide pointed out the statues in the Rotunda and in Statuary Hall, both Noah...
by Robert Parham | Jun 11, 2014 | Opinion
A Sudanese court sentenced a pregnant, Christian physician to 100 lashes and death for being married to a Christian man. Her only reprieve is to renounce her Christianity and return to Islam. Born to a father who was Muslim and mother who was Ethiopian Orthodox, Yehya...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 10, 2014 | Opinion
My son Samuel graduated from high school this week, and one of his final projects for Drafting 3/Engineering was the construction of a Rube Goldberg machine. For folks who aren’t old enough to remember, Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist, inventor, and artist who...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 10, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce While driving to Macon’s Vineville Baptist Church — which, by the way, has an excellent choir — on Sunday morning, I was listening to gospel bluegrass on satellite radio. Larry Sparks was singing “I Want To Be Like Jesus.” He got my attention. “Some...
