To all who have studied romanticism in literature, you are sure to have come across what is called Southern Romanticism and it does take on a different flavor and history than regular romanticism. Once you become aware of it’s characteristics you see it popping it’s head up in every aspect of our lives. It developed its special flavor in the early eighteenth century south and can be seen in our politics, our religion and in how we see and experience the world.
Here are just some of the...

WHILE WE SLEPT; Tens of thousands of displaced people have been making their way through the night out of the mid east and into all parts of Europe, trying to find a place of refuge , a place where they can find water, food, shelter and freedom from bombs and weapons of destruction. These are business people, lawyers, doctors and educators and people of every rank and file of society. They are old and young, rich and poor, healthy and unhealthy. Their life has been disrupted and going en masse as...

Soon students all across the country will be returning to the classroom. Many will be studying the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDANCE. Most will spend a week or so on these lines; We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal. There is only so much that you can teach a fifth grader or a tenth grader or for that matter a sophomore in college but there's a lot more in that short sentence than meets the eye. When your child is ready there's a lot of table conversation in that statement....

The world of work is quickly changing and every month, worldwide, thousands are losing their jobs and incomes to robots, to computerization and to dozens of other systems. Even in China and India where labor is still cheap, jobs are eliminated because new technology makes economical sense even if labor costs is not the major concern.
Here in the mid-south [ especially in southeast Tennessee ] we see a temporary increase in jobs, mainly because industry has been able to find cheaper labor...

Today Google announced that it would build a new $ 600 million search center in little Stevenson, Al. While it may seem strange to comment here on a church page it does have a comparison role. Sometimes we must turn our mind around corners to get a different view. Just think that google is only about 20 years old and is one of the richest companies in the world. Think that the Cog is 131 years old and it's investment in Alabama may well be less than $ 600 million. [This is no way trying to diminish...