Nov 17, 2020 | Staff Blog
Preparing to Prepare for Christmas (Part 1 of 2)Andy Black [I sat down to write about a message that I saw and shared on Facebook during the course of Election Night two weeks ago, because it seemed like an especially timely topic. But as I got into it, I realized...
Nov 10, 2020 | Staff Blog
GORGEOUS VIEWSuzanne Cain Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,Naught be all else to me save that thou art,Thou my best thought by day or by night,Waking or sleeping thy presence my light. I was traipsing around Lake Nixon the other day. You know, the...
Oct 27, 2020 | Staff Blog
With Your Nose Stuck in a BookBrittany Stillwell When I was a kid, I picked Beauty and the Beast as my favorite Disney movie. It was an odd choice for a blond-haired girl who looked nothing like Belle, and while singing teapots and candlesticks were fun, I don’t think...
Oct 19, 2020 | Staff Blog
A Time to Break SilencePreston Clegg On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. ascended to the pulpit of Riverside Church in New York City, one of the most historic churches in the country, and delivered a sermon entitled, “A Time to Break Silence.” In this sermon, he...
Oct 13, 2020 | Staff Blog
Wide and DeepAndy Black Music sinks into us in powerful ways. Some songs take us back to a particular time and place. Other songs are buried so deep in our memory that they just seem to be part of the basic structure of the universe. This is probably because we learn...
