Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian | Candace Echols https://dailymemphian.com/feed/authors/640 The Daily Memphian is the must-read, daily online newspaper for in-depth, local journalism in Memphis and the Mid-South. Sign up for morning and evening editions, plus breaking news. (c) 2024 Echols: 'Where we learn about the fun side of God' https://dailymemphian.com/article/42723 <p>&ldquo;When you get to be an adult, laughter can feel like an add-on like whipped cream, a free mint or pressing snooze on the alarm clock.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Opinion Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/42723 Sun, 24 Mar 2024 04:00:06 -0500 Echols: 5 weekend escapes near Memphis https://dailymemphian.com/article/42408 <p>You don&rsquo;t have to go far to get away from it all. Candace Echols has some ideas for where you can go to catch your breath amid your hectic schedule.</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Opinion Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/42408 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 10:35:30 -0500 Echols: Colors point us to 'something far bigger' https://dailymemphian.com/article/42245 <p>&ldquo;Why does it feed my soul to gaze across the landscape of Shelby Farms and inhale a whole wide world of greens and blues?&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/42245 Sun, 3 Mar 2024 04:00:02 -0600 Echols: 'Common sense is a gift from God' https://dailymemphian.com/article/42082 <p>&ldquo;When a gaggle of kids come in my kitchen door covered in dirt &mdash; all red-cheeked and sweaty &mdash; cackling and out-of-breath because of some prank they played or game they made up, nothing makes me happier.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/42082 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 04:00:11 -0600 Echols: 'Spring is just around the corner' https://dailymemphian.com/article/41920 <p>&ldquo;Sometimes&nbsp;&mdash; especially here in late February&nbsp;&mdash; we must do what we can to invite the natural world in, allowing it to carry us until spring arrives.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/41920 Sun, 18 Feb 2024 04:00:03 -0600 Echols: 'God knows the number of hairs on my head' https://dailymemphian.com/article/41770 <p>&ldquo;Hair is something most of us have to deal with on a daily basis just to step out the front door. And lately I&rsquo;ve been having to think about my hair more.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/41770 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 09:10:54 -0600 Echols: 'Riding all over Memphis, waiting for the very same thing' https://dailymemphian.com/article/41609 <p>&ldquo;All these years, we have been living parallel lives. I drive down the middle lane while he bikes on the sidewalk.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/41609 Sun, 4 Feb 2024 04:00:13 -0600 Echols: 'Comparison is the thief of joy' https://dailymemphian.com/article/41436 <p>&ldquo;Thursday was extreme. In one day, I found myself flying all over the spectrum of comparison.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/41436 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 04:00:01 -0600 Echols: 'Seven portals ... that have called to me from somewhere beyond' https://dailymemphian.com/article/41278 <p>&ldquo;There are portals to God&rsquo;s grace all over this city, both in nature and in civilization.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Opinion Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/41278 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 11:05:46 -0600 Echols: Christmas Eve and our 'buried love for childhood' https://dailymemphian.com/article/40721 <p>&ldquo;I wonder if there is some unspoken desire to shed things like bills and emails and jobs and smart phones and instead become a child alongside our children, all a mess together with bed-heads and pj&rsquo;s and sock feet, no matter how polished or professional we are in our adult life.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/40721 Sun, 24 Dec 2023 04:00:03 -0600 Echols: Memphians share their Christmas memories https://dailymemphian.com/article/40545 <p>&ldquo;I have asked some fellow lifelong Memphians who know all about the big city/small town nature of our home to share memories from the Christmases of their earliest years.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/40545 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 10:30:58 -0600 Echols: 'God's surprised me ... because of Bellevue’s Singing Christmas Tree' https://dailymemphian.com/article/40396 <p>&ldquo;All those years ago, I thought I was ministering to the people in the seats with my smile and my soprano song. But I&rsquo;m the one who walked away with the secret treasure.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/40396 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:35:40 -0600 Echols: 'Sports may be more beneficial ... than ever before' https://dailymemphian.com/article/40236 <p>&ldquo;For a decent shot at victory, the team needs to be whole. ... Perhaps the entire city of Memphis could use a dose of this lesson right now.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Opinion Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/40236 Sun, 3 Dec 2023 04:00:14 -0600 Echols: Linking creamed corn and politics — it's more natural than you think https://dailymemphian.com/article/40109 <p>&ldquo;Every person brings more to a disagreement than the rest of us will ever know. While my creamed corn debacle is a far cry from a presidential election in importance, what&rsquo;s behind it is similar.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion Food https://dailymemphian.com/article/40109 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 04:00:02 -0600 Echols: Memphis City Seminary is 'bridging the gap' https://dailymemphian.com/article/39974 <p>&ldquo;In Memphis, there is so much that&rsquo;s hard to hear. But this &mdash;this is something really, really good that&rsquo;s happening in our city.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Opinion Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/39974 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 04:00:14 -0600 Echols: 'How gratitude buoys the spirit and cheers the mind' https://dailymemphian.com/article/39832 <p>&ldquo;When my friend hoists me out of the dumps by pointing out my many blessings, what she&rsquo;s really doing is pointing me to the Giver of all good gifts. She&rsquo;s reminding me that I came into this world empty-handed and I will leave the same way.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Opinion Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/39832 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 04:00:07 -0600 Echols: 'Pondering is a thing of the past' https://dailymemphian.com/article/39673 <p>&ldquo;But coffee and relationships and creativity &mdash; these are the gifts of slow living. These are the places in which we are called to fully inhabit our fleshliness.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Opinion Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/39673 Sun, 5 Nov 2023 04:00:08 -0600 Echols: Asking honest questions and listening to each other’s honest answers https://dailymemphian.com/article/39513 <p>&ldquo;We sometimes talk through the nuances of our mid-life femaleness with a candid honesty that I would call uncommon. ... We share stories about our aunts and mothers, our sisters and grandmothers.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/39513 Sun, 29 Oct 2023 04:00:10 -0500 Echols: 'There aren’t words for anguish like this' https://dailymemphian.com/article/39352 <p>&ldquo;Grieve with your brokenhearted friends. Grieve the war their people are involved in. Grieve the evil (it&rsquo;s important that we call it what it is &ndash; <em>evil</em> &ndash; when human beings are slaughtered) and violence towards the innocent people.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/39352 Sun, 22 Oct 2023 04:00:13 -0500 Echols: 'Our scars tell our stories' https://dailymemphian.com/article/38811 <p>&ldquo;When you think about it, there are an endless number of ways people write their stories on their skin.&rdquo;</p> candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/38811 Sun, 1 Oct 2023 04:00:06 -0500