Ann Ipock: What's beyond the invisible fence?

I have a really good friend named Tim. He’s one of the most interesting people because he always has a funny (true) story to tell.
In fact, he’s a lot like me in that THINGS always seem to happen to him that don’t happen to other people.
He’s also the manager of a restaurant I frequent a couple of t ...

Erin Spatz: After school activities

So it seems that my kids may not be in enough after school activities

Every new sports season I offer to sign the kids up. More often than not, they respond with a no.
They each have played sports or taken some sort of music lessons, and seemed to enjoy them.
And, I would not be so worried if it ...

Erin Spatz: Breaking bread together

When I was a kid we sat down at the table every night as a family and ate dinner together. For the life of me, I cannot recall a single conversation we had at the dinner table, but I can remember what time dinner was served, 6:15.

I also cannot recall anyone missing too many of those dinners. It wo ...

Erin Spatz: Dressing ‘age appropriate’

Summer time brings all kinds of fun things. Beach days and cook outs. Long, lovely, lazy days.

And it all brings a shortage of clothes. I don’t mean we don’t have enough. I mean some of the summer clothes are really, really short. As in, crazy short. I am by no means a prude about cloth ...

Gloria Ford: Rainbows: God's promise that he would never again destroy the world by water

"But Jesus said unto him, Follow me and let the dead bury their dead."  

 
Hopefully you have had a pleasant week, and are looking forward to another weekend, then I wish you peace.  
If your weekend wasn't the best, then I wish you hope for tomorrow, and joy for your sorrow. ...

John Brock: Americans face poor choice between stupidity and incompetence

Wow! What a startling chain of events that continues to plague the Obama Administration as one scandal after another raises its ugly head. One must wonder where it will all lead.

As I have watched events unfold, my thoughts have vacillated between thinking the present administration is either corru ...

John Brock: Mark Sanford can shoot from hip but Vets must take gun classes

Much of US history involves dealing with South Carolina and South Carolinians. With the election of disgraced Mark Sanford to the U.S. House of Representatives, the saga continues.

Sanford, because of his marital infidelities and lies concerning his absence from duties as governor of the state, for ...

John Brock: Can “Community Organizers” make good US presidents?

As president of these United States, Barack Obama has proved to be an outstanding “Community Organizer.” But what we really need is a leader of ALL Americans — not just an isolated community.

The principal life experience of the current president before entering politics and even ...

Robbin Bruce: Rose bushes and green peppers; planting on Good Friday

Yesterday evening while I was out walking, Doc I got to noticing something, the clouds. They reminded me of late October, just as the first chill was hitting the air.

Here it is a couple days before Good Friday, and it’s looking like the first days of winter. Usually by this time I have brok ...

Robbin Bruce: When the old stump let go

A few months back, while I was in Wal-mart, I ran into an old friend I hadn’t seen in a good long while. And you know how it is, when you see somebody you’ve known since you were younger than a youngin, and that’s a long time ago, you’re going to be there a while.
Old memories flow like water. Abou ...

Robbin Bruce: When the world spins out of control — and why

Do you ever get the feelings that the world is turning a little too fast. And for some reason, it’s changed direction.
 When we were younger, everything made sense. Moms and Dads were the center of our world, they protected our world. As long as they were around, nothing happened to us, nobody ...