Rising 11th and 12th grade students from Mercer University’s Upward Bound program embarked on a transformative summer filled with service-learning and health care integration courses.
When I moved to Macon to start my college career, I focused on three main things: making new friends, exploring the city, and getting good grades. I swear, I blinked my eyes, and the first month was gone. I...
My dad was a “fixer.” When the transmission went out on our 1964 Rambler, he fixed it with little more than a screwdriver and a pair of pliers. When the toaster stopped toasting, he took it apart, found the...
In 1492, a bloody battle erupted in Dublin between two noble Irish families, the Fitzgeralds of Kildare and the Butlers of Ormond. This bloody hostility was waged over which of the two families should secure the position of Lord...
Can you believe it’s already November? Macon has started to get a winter chill in the air, and everyone’s calendars are booking up fast. As we approach the end of the year, there are a few events you don't...
Mercer University Minister Dr. Craig McMahan reflects on what he is thankful for this Thanksgiving.
As we enter this holiday season, we enter a season of amazement and wonder. It is during these few weeks out of the year that we see the world differently, through eyes that can imagine amazing possibilities.
The traditions around...
On April 12, 1963, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested. King was confined to a cell in the Birmingham City Jail on charges that his joining of the marches to end segregation in the city were in...
When love meets in the heart of Macon, magic happens. I’ve curated a list of fun things to do in downtown Macon this Valentine's season. There's something for every budget, interest and group, from couples looking for a nice...
As a culture, we are drifting further and further from truth-telling. Like in Aesop's fable, "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," our communities are losing trust.
