by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 23, 2012 | Opinion
The iconic statue of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is gone, yet another victim in the ongoing child molestation scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. AP photo by John Beale, from boston.comThe art emplacement, which included a wall...
by Jim Somerville | Jul 23, 2012 | Opinion
It almost didn’t happen. There were some who said it shouldn’t happen, who warned me plainly that when you hear the first distant boom of thunder at the public pool, you have to get out for at least a half hour. But this was no Sunday afternoon swim: This...
by Robert Guffey | Jul 23, 2012 | Opinion
The last time I went to a midnight showing of a movie I was in college. The movie was “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” not exactly classy stuff, but a communal experience and part of the innocuous seeking to fit in of late adolescence. My friends and I...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 20, 2012 | Opinion
While attending a breakout session during the Oasis music and worship conference sponsored by the Campbell University Divinity School on Wednesday, I learned that my all-time favorite hymn was not originally titled “Amazing Grace.” (Click to expand)It was...
by James L. Evans | Jul 20, 2012 | Opinion
It has been the blessing of my life to have encountered some wonderful teachers. I was not very successful with my algebra teachers, but that was more my problem than theirs. But with literature and history and theology, I have been blessed. None was more significant...
by Trevor Barton | Jul 20, 2012 | Opinion
My students had questions about the central character in the story “Fly Away Home” written by Eve Bunting and illustrated by Ronald Himler. And even as second-graders, they knew something about the problem. “Homelessness is mean,” said James. ...
