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Altar Call | Yes and no

OPINION —  You are 94 and your days are numbered. Does that not trouble you? No, that does not bother me. Yes, my days are numbered, but they are numbered by the Lord, and He has given me peace about his plan for me.  You have been undergoing treatment for...

Anchored in Truth | When it finally clicks

OPINION —   Have you ever had a moment in your life when something finally just “clicked?” Maybe it was something you had heard before. Maybe it was something that you had heard many times before, but for some reason, this time, it was different. The pieces just...

Making the Grade | On the Road to Spanky’s Stack House

OPINION —  Back when Mike and I married on Nov. 5, 2005, our family and friends gave us many wonderful wedding presents. One gift we really loved to use was a griddle from our niece Lindsay and nephew Luke.  For many months, we’d use that griddle on Saturday...

Sean of the South | The room full of adolescence

OPINION —  I was in a hotel with a few hundred Mennonites. I walked into the hotel at noon. At first, I was confused inasmuch as the lobby was full of cape dresses, plain suits and broad-brimmed hats. Some of the older men had beards, some were clean-shaven. The...
The voices around the pool

The voices around the pool

OPINION — John 5:7 — “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up…”There is something heartbreaking about that...

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