Sunday morning church service is a time filled with communion and connecting with God and with our fellow man. It's a time to rest from the week, but sometimes we feel like we're too busy to rest. It's common knowledge that on days like Easter and Christmas, church attendance booms. But on the other side of the coin are days when the crowd thins ... [Read More…]

Students may not wake up to find a tiger in their bathroom or their mattress on the roof, but they may greet the Sunday after Sing Song still sporting crimson cheeks and brightly colored tights. And that, my friends, is a Sing Song hangover. Other symptoms include spontaneous choreography, an affinity for white gloves and conversing via rewritten ... [Read More…]

We may have recently elected our first African-American president, but we likely are far from electing someone outside the Christian faith to the Oval Office.  Legally, no religious litmus test qualifies the President of the United States. But in the minds of many, a man's religion is an important factor in whether or not he wins the American ... [Read More…]

The 5 a.m. crowd at Anytime Fitness looks significantly different than the gym's daytime patrons. People rarely wait on exercise equipment. They tend to avoid machines directly adjacent to those currently in use. In fact, we hardly acknowledge each other's presence at all, short of the occasional, silent nod. I am one of those people. At least ... [Read More…]

Against my better judgment, I agreed to fill in as a hostess at a local Italian restaurant on Friday. A good friend works at the establishment and called me, explaining they were in a bind. The regular hostess couldn't come in, and they couldn't find anyone else to take her place. Having never worked as a waitress - or in any restaurant other ... [Read More…]

It appears as though it will be the end of an era in Texas this coming season. Michael Young has now publicly asked for a trade and the Rangers seem more than willing to comply with his request if the right deal presents itself. Although nothing official has happened yet, it appears that one mom has jumped the gun and broken the news to her young ... [Read More…]

I don't think I'll ever forget Vickie Smith. My sophomore year at ACU I enrolled in Ms. Smith's English 112 class, assuming it would be easy. I quickly found out that Ms. Smith had no intentions of ever teaching a blow-off class. The first day of class she told us her course would be the hardest class we'd ever taken. She wasn't lying. Ms. Smith ... [Read More…]