Opinion
We are being told good news, but…
Jamin, our youngest, came to Charleston recently to take the West Virginia bar exam. His wife, Morgan, accompanied him. After the two days of schedule...
God’s Kids Korner: Jesus heals the crippled woman – Luke 13: 10-17
One Sabbath, Jesus was teaching in a synagogue, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and coul...
Cross Words: The problem with self-help
I’m surprised by the size of self-help sections in bookstores. Maybe I shouldn’t be. According to an article from The New Yorker called &#...
A Hunger for More: What are you priorities?
It certainly behooves a Christian to think long and hard on the manner in which he or she lives his or her life. “What exactly are my priorities...
The scourge of your summer driving
I’m that guy, the scourge of your summer highway driving.The one driver who’s driving the variable “work zone” speed limit whi...
Column: When drug prices are more important than sick patients
The Department of Health and Human Services has a new plan to cut drug spending. But it’s not a change for the better.To lower spending in Medic...
From 1619 to 2019: 400 years
Among all the deaths that have surrounded us recently, eating at the very fabric of our souls, the death of African American author Toni Morrison has ...
The gentle barber on Main Street
My wife, Brenda, and I were traveling to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and had been driving for two hours without a break. Our electronic dashboard kept f...
How did your favorite rose get its name?
Did you ever wonder how roses get their names, or how their names become household words? We all admire the beauty of roses, but only a few rose varie...
The Great American Front Porch
This past Thursday, I crawled around in the dirty, black mulch I had just spread around on the bare dirt on the north side-yard of our house.The job w...
