ĢƵ

close

Guest Columnists

In these times of mental, physical and economic distresses, our direct access to nature and its proven restorative properties is more important to us, and more worthy of safeguarding than ever.During this pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that our mental ...

Ask God to bless your efforts

On continuing with the thought, “Work like it all depends on you and pray like it all depends on God,” where are the lines drawn between having a vision and working towards it, and letting God do his thing? Life happens to all of us, but in some things, we must go make life happen.Getting ...

Take time to celebrate Easter at home

Easter Sunday can fall on any date between March 22 and April 25. The dates change because Easter happens on the Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon. The word Paschal means “Passover” in Greek which is a transliteration of the Hebrew word pesach. The Paschal Full Moon is the first full ...

In the old days, church pastors frowned on their church members staying home to watch television preachers Rex Humbard, Jerry Falwell or Robert Schuller. The sick and the very elderly were typically pardoned, but that was as far as grace was extended. The vast majority of churches across the ...

Live in faith, not fear

In todayĢƵ current social climate and in like years past, there is great concern, in some cases panic, over the direction of our country and health scares. We can’t let fear or misplaced faith rule the day or our future.God has not given us a spirit of fear says 2 Timothy 1:7 but of power, ...

Warriors, widows and white doves

Over the years, I have buried a number of veterans. A few from the first world war; more from the second world war. More recently, Korean and Vietnam veterans, including my dad and my wifeĢƵ dad. Many who saw combat, death and dismemberment never talked about it. They stayed bottled up, ...