By Jamie Shafer With a list of more than 4,000 students and national artists on her resume, Jan Smith certainly qualifies as a world-renowned vocal consultant. Her Atlanta-based studio serves a variety of music artists ranging from Justin Bieber and Usher to The Von Trapp Children. With 450 people on the waiting list, the […]
By Ronald G. Davis Thankfulness is a natural reaction to a perceived blessing. Unfor-tunately, our perception has been dulled by sin. Blessings are often perceived as nothing more than what we ought to get, what we deserve, what we have merited by simply existing or because we are “special” . . . by self […]
By Christy Barritt Complaint Filed over Restaurant’s Church Bulletin Discount A Pennsylvania man filed a complaint against a local restaurant that offers a 10 percent discount for customers who bring a church bulletin with them on Sundays. John Wolff, an atheist, argued that the discount is discriminatory since he doesn’t attend church. He filed […]
By Shawn McMullen Ever wish God would speak to you directly? Probably at some point we’ve all felt it would make decision-making—and life in general—much easier. Maybe it would. But it really isn’t necessary. God speaks to us every day—if we’ll listen. The writer of Hebrews puts it like this: “In the past God […]
By LeAnne Benfield Martin The snow fell rapidly and kept falling. I had never seen so much—not in Atlanta. We were snowed in and, forecasters warned, would be for days. My daughter’s school called to cancel classes, which did not surprise us; we couldn’t have made it out of our driveway, much less to […]
