Important lessons from summer vacation

Now that July has arrived, bringing with it the dog days of summer, do you ever reminisce about bygone vacations? Something about the tropical weather and the long days makes many of us want to pause and remember summers past.

A memorable summer

It wasn’t a rare occurrence, this thing I encountered — a jellyfish washed up on the sand of a North Carolina beach — but, to me, it still felt like it was some kind of omen.

T(w)een-speak 101

I spent many years of my life learning the French language. At the school I attended, foreign language was offered as an elective beginning in middle school, and after introductory courses in basic Latin, Spanish, and French, students could choose to continue with either French or Spanish for the remainder of their academic years.

A distinctive melody

The year was 1997 and Rev. Bernard Hayes felt a calling within him to grow in ministry, but he wasn’t quite sure where to begin. He decided to break away from his home church, Savannah Missionary Baptist Church, and explore other forms of ministry in Fayetteville.

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