by Amanda West | Apr 20, 2024 | Stories
THOSE WHO lived along the Gulf Coast braced for impact or fled further inland despite gasoline shortages and lanes of traffic that steadily crept north. As a nation, we held our collective breaths, awaiting updates from weather reporters, friends, and family. On Aug....
by Amanda West | Mar 16, 2024 | Cover
PLENTY OF us take clean water for granted, yet about 1 billion people across the world have zero access to it. Most Americans never give it a second thought, as it flows abundantly from our lakes, streams, rivers, faucets, and garden hoses. But according to Run4Water,...
by Amanda West | Mar 16, 2024 | Feature
WHILE THE political climate at the national level was rife with racial violence and division in 2016, the situation in Wilson County was relatively calm and even prosperous. Yet pastors Daryl Crouch and Tim Bryant shared a burden for the brokenness of their neighbors...
by Amanda West | Mar 16, 2024 | Stories
MARY BESSE craved opportunities for her four home-schooled children to delve deeper into a wider variety of subjects that interested them. Ten years ago, she founded the home-school tutorial Cornerstone Christian Academy (CCA), which offers weekly classes at The...
