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- There's a big game tomorrow, but other than that, what makes the day super? Here's how to make every Sunday super: nextsunday.com/a-view-from-th… 7 months ago
- Gratitude and giving are sometimes conflicting. This month's edition of View from the Pew nextsunday.com/a-view-from-th… 10 months ago
- RT @smythhelwys: Today on our blog, @newsouthessays asks, "Are the worship wars over?" ow.ly/ds3f305y76l 11 months ago
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Monthly Archives: July 2013
A case for camp
Children need summer camp. Whether it is secular or religious, one week or several, day camp or residential, children need to participate in camp. I have no credentials to make this assertion. I am not a noted child psychologist or … Continue reading
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Tagged Boy Scouts of America, camp, children, church camp, contemporary South, day camp, family, Lance Elliott Wallace, Lance Wallace, New South, New South Essays, NewSouth, overnight camp, parenting, Passport camps, PASSPORTkids, raising children, raising kids, South, Southern, Southern Culture, Southerners, summer camp, the South
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Preachers
I am fascinated by preachers. It’s not a delusional, put-them-on-a pedestal kind of thing but more like a burning curiosity to understand what makes them tick. I’ve been thinking about preachers a lot lately. My brothers and my dad are … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible belt, brothers, contemporary South, Eddie Long, Flannery O'Connor, G. Lee Ramsey, Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggert, Lance Elliott Wallace, Lance Wallace, minister, New South, New South Essays, NewSouth, pastor, preachers, Protestant evangelicalism, Richard Gillard, South, Southern, Southern Culture, Southern Living, Southern preachers, Southern religion, Southerners, Ted Haggard, The Apostle, the South, Wise Blood
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Dear Writer Lance: A Letter from Your Wife
Dear Writer Lance, One of the first things I loved about you–even before I knew I loved you–was your way with words. You see, back when I knew who you were and was dying for you to ask me out but you … Continue reading
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Privacy in the New South
Wouldn’t you hate to be the guy at the National Security Agency (NSA) reading all the lame Facebook posts trying to find evidence of terrorist activity or foreign espionage? OK, so it’s probably not some guy analyzing petabytes of data … Continue reading
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Tagged contemporary South, Edward Snowden, Facebook, Fourth of July online protest, Instagram, Lance Elliott Wallace, Lance Wallace, Maxwell Smart, New South, New South Essays, NewSouth, NSA, online privacy, oversharing, protecting persional information, social media, South, Southern, Southern Culture, Southerners, the Church Lady, the South, TMI, Twitter
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