I SURE MISS VERNE McLAIN…
When I was a young man, and it came time to take our car for routine lubrication and oil change at a SOHIO service station at the Southeast corner of ...
Essays
STOPLIGHT PRAYERS
Aside from becoming frustrated at a stoplight and wondering when it is going to change, this brief essay from OUR DAILY BREAD might just be the solution. Of course you ...
NEARLY HALF A CENTURY AGO…
Lately we have been doing some nostalgic writing and when July 28 came up on the calendar I just had to put something down on paper to share with readers ...
HOBBY VIGNETTES OF VENRICK
IN A PREVIOUS VIGNETTE I touched on some subjects or incidents that may create a “didn’t I read that before” syndrome when you read this essay. This story I am ...
THE VANDALS LIVE ON
Over 1500 years have gone by since the first Vandals ravaged Gaul, Spain, North Africa and sacked Rome. This member of an East Germanic tribe lives on – our newspapers ...
ARE YOU GUILTY OF TELLING LIES?
In the Book of Jeremiah we read: “O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?” (Jeremiah 5:3). The Apostle Paul wrote: “Therefore each of you must put off falsehood ...
GUN CONTROL IS A PLACEBO
Subtitle: The importance of personal responsibility COMMON SENSE is getting pretty uncommon in our world today. If you doubt that, try reading the HOT warnings on a cup of coffee ...
Hymns and the faith of our fathers
CHANGE is the only constant – on this we have to agree; however, only for those who have lived through seven decades is it easier to review where we have ...
POOR, YET HAPPY
by T. Joe Eggebrecht, Guest Essayist Growing up during the Great Depression in a small town we kids had no TVs, no computers, no skating rink, and often no radios ...
HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST!
T. Joe Eggebrecht, Guest Essayist Bridgeport, Illinois The Apostle Paul knew something of the passion of Jesus as he sat in a prison in Rome. He had been placed there ...