Georgia casino is a bad gamble
Notice to all middle-aged, middle-class women looking for a little excitement! North Georgia real estate developer Greg O’Leary is riding to your rescue with a proposal to expand Georgia gambling. Mr. O’Leary, according to reports, has been working on a proposal for eight years to build a casino along the interstate in Norcross.
Camp, Battistelli to be featured at free Christian concert
A Tifton nonprofit uses concerts featuring popular Christian artists to collect food for the region’s hungry.
Grief comes without rules
I recently heard a wise hospice counselor clergyman speak movingly about grief. Practically everyone faces grief either for the death of a significant person, a dearly loved pet or even the death of a cherished ideal.
Word a particularly bad choice
Author Jonah Lehrer has written a book on how to foster and encourage creativity. As one who preaches and writes weekly I need all the creativity I can get and someday I may pick up his book, though it would have been sooner except for one unnecessary word in the book’s excerpt in the March 10-11, 2012 Wall Street Journal.
Doing without food takes doing
I’ll eventually order the book because of the absolutely creative title: “Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor” by Jana Riess. Ms. Reiss focused on a different spiritual practice each month for a year, documenting her failures and successes in this book.
Sherwood hosting Legacy Run
The Legacy Run was established last year to raise funds for the Alpha Pregnancy Resource Center, a ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church.
Iron chain song turns to platinum
Sometimes it takes a long time for a story to develop and what looks bleak at the time can turn out very differently.
Contraceptive issue a complex one
The national health insurance plan has created another controversy with the Obama administration’s proposed rules mandating that charitable religious agencies (hospitals, colleges, etc.) provide preventative women’s health options (contraceptives, morning-after pills). Religious people with strong opinions are angry, indignant and inflexible. (Take the Quik Quiz by going to Creede Hinshaw's column.)
Religion Bulletin for Feb. 11, 2012
Former President Carter is expected to teach Sunday School on Sunday at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains.
Faith, politics not completely separable
The National Prayer Breakfast was held this month for 3,500 guests with President Barack Obama speaking.
No civility on Capitol Hill
Every election cycle produces heated rhetoric but some in our country think partisan bashing, hate-filled comments and bitterness have reached new lows. One political veteran observes that Congress hasn’t been this divided since the 1850s, a period marked by such inability to find common ground that we eventually made war on ourselves.
'Courageous' DVD debuts at No. 1
"Courageous," the fourth film to be released by Sherwood Pictures, opened in theaters last September.
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Believing in benefits keeps program on track
After recently finishing my first workout after celebrating another birthday, I reflected on how my goals have changed in the past 38 years that I have been working out.
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- Letter writing an overlooked art
- 'Idol' finale draws crowd in Albany
- Storms will occur in nature and family be prepared
- Phillips’ ‘Idol’ run nearing finish line
- Singer McKee a true daughter of the South
- Thorns Deep part of Band-Aid for Brynlee concert
- Ending brings new beginning
- Autopsy can answer the question, ‘Why?’ 1 comment
- Cultivate your most important asset — your child
- Remove shoes to cut down on contaminants
Features Analysis and Opinion
- Letter writing an overlooked art
- Storms will occur in nature and family be prepared
- Ending brings new beginning
- Autopsy can answer the question, ‘Why?’ 1 comment
- Cultivate your most important asset — your child
- Remove shoes to cut down on contaminants
- Certainties in life dog us always 1 comment
- Nature come naturally in the big city
- Amish appeal case of safety vs. freedom
- I could do better, if I only would
Arts
- 'Idol' finale draws crowd in Albany
- Phillips’ ‘Idol’ run nearing finish line
- Chehaw hosts 'Building Bridges: A Community Affair'
- Dancers to present 'Hot Off the Dance Floor'
- Phillips makes top 3 8 comments
- Chorale gets 'Whisked Away' for fundraiser 1 comment
- Conductor Steven Byess to close season
- One Henk of a talent
- Lee plans homecoming celebration for Phillips 6 comments
- Community Calendar for May 6, 2012
