It was Sunday morning and James said to his mother, “I don’t feel good.” Worried she asked, “Where don’t you feel good?” Quickly he replied, “When I’m in church.” One psalmist wrote, “How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart...

New presidents have only so long to get big legislative initiatives done. It’s already June, and the clock is ticking for President Joe Biden. Big bills take a long time. Congress will spend much of the summer on recess. They’ll be at work in the fall, but by the end of the year, Democratic and Repu...

For someone who works with people who are dying one would think that I would get to the point where death does not affect me. Unfortunately, that is not true. Yes, when the people you deal with are strangers, it does not affect me in an emotional way. But when it is one of your own family then that ...

When the name “Hardtner” is mentioned these days, people might think of Henry E. Hardtner, the founder of Urania and the “Father of Southern Reforest...

I received an email recently that got me to thinking about my mother’s clothesline. The email was titled “Remembering Mom’s Clothesline” and I am sure...

School is out which means summertime has begun, although the calendar says it doesn’t officially start until June 20. We all know that the summer actu...