It may be surprising, but the railroad tunnel in Cowan made Sewanee possible. Samuel Tracy of New York purchased 50,000 acres of land on top of the Cumberland Plateau in…
I still get chills when I watch his speech. On August 28 of 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. painted a beautiful picture of…

From Bitter to Pleasant

January 16, 2022
The book of Ruth is a case study in how God brings good to his children, even in their suffering.
A Pilgrim is a person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion; he is a traveler or wanderer, especially in a…

Mary’s Song

December 26, 2021
In 2001, Tim Collins released a book entitled Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t. Collins and his research team looked for sustained peak performance…
‘Tis the season for singing. Finish these lyrics for me: “Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell...” “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer had a very Shiny…” “I’m Dreaming of a White…”…

The War is Over!

December 12, 2021
December 7, 1941 is a date that lives in infamy. Early that morning, Japanese pilots made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Thousands of lives were lost and…

Grace to Change

December 5, 2021
God’s work in God’s people is always and only beautiful. In Hernhutt, Germany in 1732, two young men desired to preach the gospel to the slaves on the Dutch island…

Grace to Save

November 28, 2021
In March 1898, the British desired to construct an ambitious railway in East Africa, and they needed to build a bridge to cross a river in Tsavo, which is in…