The Wordwright :: Bill & Jean Venrick, Lancaster Ohio

Archive for December, 2007

THE OLDEST COMMANDMENT

The oldest commandment is found in Genesis 1:28 – “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it;: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and ...

CHRISTMAS 2007

Bill Venrick – giving due credit to John Clayton (see link at bottom of page) Today’s essay comes with some entertaining words from John Clayton’s magazine (and website, DOES GOD ...

RADIO 65 YEARS AGO

By Bill Venrick Believe it or not, when I was a kid we would sit, as a family, and enjoy listening to the radio while eating popcorn or playing cards. ...

DECEMBER HARVEST

Intermittently and cooperatively written by Bill and Jean Venrick Every year about this time of the year my wife gets ready to stock our freezer with pumpkin puree. For some ...

MY FATHER THE BUILDER, Part Two

By Jean Steel Venrick Originally I wrote about my father as a builder, but he had other abilities besides building houses and outdoor shelters. As Paul Harvey would say, here’s ...

SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG

No, I am not talking about the petroleum problems, or the weather and how the government needs to regroup their forces. And neither am I trying to build a case ...

MY FATHER, THE BUILDER

Written by Jean Steel Venrick What woman wouldn’t be happy to move into a brand new house when she married. My mother was such a person. My father had built ...