by Michael Lipford | Mar 22, 2013 | Opinion
For me, nature is where I find God most personally. I have known and recognized this since I was a boy. My grandpa’s farm near Bristol, Tenn., was a place my family visited frequently. My grandfather was one of those vanishing breeds who had fidelity and love...
by Colin Harris | Mar 22, 2013 | Opinion
To write anything about humility runs a risk of conveying the presumption that one either knows what it is or, worse, that one has managed to accomplish it. Remember the old joke about the fellow who wrote the book “Humility and How I Attained It”?...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 22, 2013 | Opinion
The Cyrus Cylinder, one of the ancient world’s most iconic objects, went on display March 9 at the Smithsonian Institution’s Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C., where it sits at the heart of a small but priceless exhibition that seeks to inspire people to...
by Martin Marty | Mar 21, 2013 | Opinion
“Selma: Sustaining the Momentum” was the title of a Dean Peerman and Martin E. Marty article in “The Christian Century” 48 years to the month after colleague Peerman and I joined several thousand protesters and prayers at the Edmund Pettis...
by Michael Helms | Mar 21, 2013 | Opinion
Brad Yoman has been navigating the swamps around Georgia’s Altamaha River for more than 30 years. He captains a small boat with a small motor, but small is what you need when you are moving through the swamp. Many places are passable only because Brad has cut...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 21, 2013 | Opinion
A popular aphorism suggests that our checkbook reveals what we value most. As a tool for social analysis, this discloses much about what our society values. Recently, Major League Baseball’s Anaheim Angels renewed the contract of their star left fielder, Mike...
