by Paul McKinney When you search the noun “saga” in the dictionary, the synonyms that pop up include: story, tale, account, chronicle, history, narrative, legend, and yarn. I have been thinking of sharing this saga for a few weeks now. In reading it, you can decide just what you would call it if it were(…)
by Roy Hodge Not that I’m trying to forget them or anything like that, but I was taken back to my accordion days again this week when my mother-in-law sent me a clipping from “The Wall Street Journal” – a review of a book called “Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America”(…)
by Pastor David Grey “God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” — Romans 8:28-29 John Piper says, “No promise in all the world surpasses the height and breadth and weight of Romans 8:28.” Properly understood, I believe that is(…)
by Jim Farfaglia They smile from slender branches, happy to have survived the winter, their sweet joy perfuming the air whenever the wind happens through. They drop off one by one and gather on the new-green grass: a fruit tree’s lucky coins, tossed on a backyard wishing pond. They look back at their(…)
by Jerry Kasperek Who remembers Harper’s? Apparently I didn’t a couple of columns ago. It was a women’s clothing store on South First Street in our old downtown and Jean Prent was the efficient young woman behind the counter who took your money when you made a purchase or when you wanted to pay on(…)
by Roy Hodge I started having a major problem a few weeks ago the minute I started thinking about what my favorite food might be. I knew immediately that I wasn’t going to come up with an instant, definite, no-doubt-about-it answer on the spot. I get myself into these fantasy situations often, but I knew(…)
by Jim Farfaglia Before we begin another season sharing this space I call my backyard and you call Jim’s All You Can Eat Garden Salad Buffet let us make a pact: I promise to fence in my vegetables with the finest grade chicken wire, if you promise to not find ever creative ways to chew(…)
by Pastor David Grey “It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service.” – Ephesians 4:11-12 I know that I have written on this topic before but it is a message so(…)
