A news article shared the fact that a New Jersey school district was removing the names of all holidays from the school calendar so as not to offend anyone. The decision came after a raucous debate in a public meeting about the decision to replace “Columbus Day” with...
“Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to...
There is all the difference in the world between playing a role and being a truth. There is a popular fable that confirms this. A motherless tiger cub who was adopted by goats and raised by them to eat grass and bleat as they did. It wasn’t long before the tiger cub...
We ought to glory in our troubles, for we know that trouble produces endurance, and endurance, character, and character, hope, and hope will not disappoint us. (Romans. 5:3-5) This word of Paul, in his Letter to the Romans, is one of the amazing affirmations in the...
I’m not an avid sports fan, though I’m excited enough about the University of Memphis basketball that I have season tickets. Through the years, the U of M football has been overshadowed by our basketball. The last few years we have had “good” football with Brady...
My big take away from this year’s Olympics centered on winning a bronze, not a gold medal. Tuesday, August 3, Simone Biles won a bronze medal for her competition on the “balance beam.” For her, bronze was as good as gold. Coming to the Olympics, she was one of the...
Joe E. Trull tells of a primitive tribe located deep in the South American jungles. Anthropologists learned the most important role within the tribe was the "keeper" of the flame. Since fire is so precious -- and takes such effort to recreate -- one member is...