Posts tagged the South
Southern Sojourn
Southern Sojourn

In 1998, one of the most respected scholars in the world made a profound decision. It was a decision that seemed at odds with much of what had previously happened in his life.  Jaroslav Pelikan was born in Akron, Ohio, in 1923 to devout Lutheran parents. His father was a Lutheran pastor and his grandfather a bishop in the Lutheran Church.  By the age of twenty-two he had completed both a seminary degree from Concordia Lutheran Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

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StoriesKevin VailesJackson TN, Tennessee, Our Jackson Home: The Magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 4, Josh Garcia, Kevin Vailes, church, religion, Jaroslav Pelikan, Akron OH, Lutheran, priest, Concordia Lutheran Seminary, University of Chicago, Yale University, theology, history, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, scholar, Orthodox, Greek, the South, immigration, culture, Second Great Awakening, Evangelical Protestantism, Christian, tradition, the Middle Ages, Rome, Constantinople, Western Church, America, United States, Muslim, Islam, Fr. Matthew Snowden, St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
A Conversation With: James E. Cherry
A Conversation With: James E. Cherry

For years I’ve been hearing the name James Cherry. I first heard of him when I was a student at Union University (also his alma mater) and then continued to hear about this guy as a Jacksonian interested in writing. It’s clear that locals are proud to have this Jackson native around. He’s the president of the Griot Collective of West Tennessee, a monthly poetry workshop, and is, upon meeting him, very obviously cool. He has an easy going temperament and a steady, unquestionable passion for the written word.

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InterviewsJosh GarciaJackson TN, Tennessee, James E Cherry, Josh Garcia, Union University, Griot Collective of West Tennessee, poetry, author, writing, African American, Jackson native, fiction, novel, Edge of the Wind, mental illness, art, the arts, race, the South, storytelling, A Night of Storytelling, A Night of Storytelling Fall 2016, culture, reconciliation, community, creativity, Black History Month, Tourism Guide 2020
Proudly Made In America
Proudly Made In America

As I pulled up to Alamo Pride Cut & Sew Factory in March of 2014, I had to focus on the bold colors associated with spring that had taken hold across the Mid-South. The air was clean, and the morning dew blanketed fresh azalea and dogwood blossoms. I needed to focus on the beauty around me to keep from crying and mourning the life in Hong Kong I had left behind. “This is what the South is,” I said to myself as we drove past farmlands and well-manicured lawns heading into town.

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StoriesGuest ContributorJackson TN, Tennessee, West Tennessee, Lexi Powell, Alexandra Powell, Preston Powell, Our Jackson Home: The Magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 3, America, Hong Kong, China, Alamo Pride, Alamo TN, factory, the South, Montana, interior design, waste, environment, North Carolina, local, local business, business, Yukon Outfitters, Alexandra Lauren Interiors, sports, Asia, Rawlings Baseball, Heritage Mint Ltd., family business, razor, work, employment, culture, pollution, birdhouse, economy, overseas, cosumerism, quality, sewing, job, community, production, Women's History Month
Ancient Trails
Ancient Trails

When the white-tailed deer show up in my backyard, it’s like witnessing a direct link to an age almost forgotten. I freeze in my tracks, and I can’t help but think about their unbroken chain of ancestors going back into the ancient past. These animals were here long before any settlers arrived from Europe. They were the hunted long before rifles replaced bows and arrows. They knew these lands when the waters were still clean and the air was still fresh. They knew these lands when there were no cars and no railroads.

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StoriesAngela WoodsJackson TN, Tennessee, Angela Woods, Our Jackson Home: The Magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 2, deer, nature, history, Native American, hunting, West Tennessee, wildlife, wilderness, Chickasaw State Park, Chickasaw, land, culture, government, farm, the South, Hernando DeSoto, village, Spain, Europe, Treaty of Hopewell, Memphis TN, Natchez Trace State Park, earthquake, Mississippi River, Reelfoot Lake, Tecumseh, Detroit MI, North Carolina, Okeena River, Forked Deer River, Pinson Mounds, Tishomingo, Andrew Jackson, War of 1812, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, Oklahoma, smallpox, Madison County, civilization, animals, preservation, Tennessee River, Tourism Guide 2020
The Southern Snow Day: An Institution
The Southern Snow Day: An Institution

The Snow Day is a Southern Institution. Annually it affects our lives spent together in dramatic fashion. Schools close, milk is scant, and manufacturers of bread become wealthy overnight. As a life long Southerner the Snow Day is a cultural attribute of Southern life that I have come to adamantly defend.

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EssaysLuke PruettTom Meiners, snow day, Sabbath, the South, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, work, America, tradition, snow, Jackson TN, Tennessee, Luke Pruett, Josh Garcia, Kevin Adelsberger, Anthony Kirk