Keeping the Faith

By Dr. Jim Ferguson Few Americans would argue that life has changed dramatically in the last month. For me, even 9/11 and retirement pale in comparison to the COVID–19 pandemic. All my life I was racing somewhere: college, then medical school, my office or the...

A little down time

By Joe Rector How are you holding up? That’s a question many folks are asking others. This stay-at-home lifestyle is negatively affecting plenty of people. The “belly-aching” is deafening, but I understand those who are miserable. Some of us, however, are doing all...

‘Creed Daniel, that’s who!’

By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com Those were the words our mother overheard one morning.  We had stopped at a restaurant in Grainger County on our way to the annual Grainger County Tomato Festival.  Some locals on the other side of the divider that separated our...

Thoughts for These Times

  By Rosie Moore It’s hard during these times to have pleasant thoughts when the world is in such a turmoil, so I went to my little “Daily Psalms and Prayers” book for some inspiration and this is what I found: “Oh, Lord, because I get tripped up so easily,...

Tennessee is Gaining Ground in SEC East

  By Mark Nagi During this break in the action, we sometimes have a hard time thinking about the return of sports. It almost hurts to hope. But we have faith this is just a temporary hiccup. With that in mind, let’s talk football. The Tennessee Volunteers aren’t...