by John D. Pierce | Nov 17, 2012 | Opinion
Wilder Tower, Chickamauga NP, by JDPBy John Pierce Age can bring perspective. For example, the U.S. Civil War seemed like ancient history when I was a child and youth. Yet less than a century had passed from the bloody Battle of Chickamauga on Sept. 19-20, 1863 to my...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 16, 2012 | Opinion
I was looking through some examination copies of potential textbooks the other day while planning a course on religion in the Bible and the ancient Near East — when I noticed that all of the books were some shade of brown. I looked over my bookshelf, and...
by Mike Parnell | Nov 16, 2012 | Opinion
“Wreck-It Ralph” explores what happens in video games after the arcade closes. Like “Toy Story,” we see that these characters have a life beyond the action that precedes “Game Over.” Ralph, voiced by John C. Reilly, is the villain...
by Larry Greenfield | Nov 16, 2012 | Opinion
I grew up at a time when the “large stones” were firmly in place (the biblical reference here is Jesus and his crew leaving the temple and the disciples being awed by what they saw around them; see Mark 13:1). Although born in the year the United States...
by Bill Wilson | Nov 15, 2012 | Opinion
One of the most helpful insights I have gained in recent years for understanding the leadership culture of congregational life is the concept of managing polarities. Polarities are ongoing, chronic issues that are unavoidable and unsolvable. They are the hardest...
by Trevor Barton | Nov 15, 2012 | Opinion
We were walking up the beach on the sand as the tide moved out toward the ocean. I was holding Zeke’s hand, talking with him about sea things. “I didn’t know jellyfish swam this close to the shore during the spring,” he said in 5-year-old...
