by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 13, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Forward, in reverse – and retreat? I grew up in the country, but I’ve spent most of my life in small towns or suburbia. At age 72 and approaching retirement, when many folks would be thinking of moving to a 55+ or retirement community, Susan and I are selling our...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 1, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following article appeared in the March/April issue of Nurturing Faith Journal. It has been updated to reflect the number of deaths in the war between Israel and Hamas. All photos, unless otherwise noted, courtesy of the author. Since the October 7,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 6, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
The annual festival of football frenzy and consumer excess is on the horizon. Parties will abound. Millions will order pizza and wings, fried chicken and beer and Chinese food. Millions of delivery drivers will zoom back and forth, hustling from their cars to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
They don’t have Diet Mountain Dew, at least in Sorrento. That’s one of the many things I learned during a mid-December week Susan and I spent celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. We decided to forgo attempting a grand tour of Italy. Instead, we stayed the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 4, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
With Advent underway, many churches have held a celebratory service to adorn the sanctuary with festive decorations—wreaths, of course, and forests of poinsettias. Chrismon trees are popular, as worshipers happily hang Styrofoam alphas and omegas along with oversized...
