In the Zone

Black Lives Matter. White Lives Matter. Blue Lives Matter. It seems like everyone has a hashtag and Twitter campaign to espouse their views. Everyone wants to start a movement or further a movement. This is especially true in the turbulent times that we live. It seems like every time I turn on the news I hear of more violence, more strife, more unjust and more divides in our country. It seems like everyone has their own solution. Some call for protests. Others for legislation. Some want more dialogue. Others want less. All of them are wrong. You see, the church is the solution to the racial, ethnic, social and economic divides in our country. The church, the bride of Christ, is authorized to speak on his behalf and promote an agenda of peace. It is a peace that comes only from knowing Jesus Christ. It is a peace that changes hearts. My wife has the ability to do many things in my name. That is because she is my wife. The church, as the bride of Christ, has the ability to do m...

So the Ark Encounter is opening in Williamstown, Ky.  Surf the web and you will not miss the countless articles about the facility, many of them critical. Scour Facebook and Twitter and you'll find any number of memes and comments decrying the project and bemoaning the use of tax breaks for its construction. Yet, I just don't see the hate for it. First off, it is a theme park. If you don't like it, don't go. I promise you that if the facility fails to make money, it will close. Then you won't have to worry about it or see it and even have to comment on it. If you don't like, don't go. There are a lot of places I don't like, so I simply don't attend those establishments. Second, for all the complaints about tax breaks for the facility and how taxpayers are funding it, have you been to Williamstown? I have. In fact, I worked there for nearly seven years for the Grant County News. In my eighth year, the News office, like many other businesses in...