There’s no doubt I miss them: “The good, ‘ole days.” Yes, I miss those days of yore when life seemed simple and cares seemed few: where the adults would sit on the front...

"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else." — Benjamin Franklin  1 Corinthians 1:27 Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame...

Her soil may be bruised, but resilience is all she knows—Her flag flew high throughout the revolutionary fight—Her pole embedded in the stressed soil.Her flag was carried...

In all likelihood, I’m gonna come across as a cranky old man in this column, but that’s OK because I am one.What in the hell is with all these children riding motorized...

There is something about this season of life that feels different. Talk to a farmer waiting on rain after months of preparation. Speak with a small business owner trying to...

Summer is about half over and it is certainly heating up! It is HOT outside! Hopefully, you are staying cool.If you didn’t attend the Reunion of the 1976 Wagon Train...

Over the past few weeks, we have considered the evidence supporting the concept that at one time in the ancient past, all of humanity was gathered together as one people of...

O beautiful, for spacious skies,For amber waves of grain;May America always remember her greatnessComes when we call upon God’s Name.Yes, remind us of Your Care, O Lord,And...

"A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver." Proverbs 25:11I’ve been thinking a lot about words recently.   The words we say and how we say them.   I...

Many people spend far too much time waiting for certainty before taking the next step in life. They wait until they feel fully confident, fully prepared, financially...

It’s just ridiculously hot out there.In my 20s, I worked offshore for about a year and a half so I’m well aware of how hot hot can be. There’s nothing quite like 100°...

This is a guest column I discovered on the website Rice Farming Time’s Up The recent announcement from Riceland Foods that they were temporarily shuttering nine of 23 rice...

Wow! The month of June is gone! It seemed like March and April were slow, then May picked up the pace and I blinked and it was July! And America is 260! I wish that because...

Christians hold that the eight survivors of The Great Flood (Noah and his wife, their three sons, and their wives) disembarked the Ark on Mount Ararat and then migrated to...

The contractions are getting more frequent and intense. “Like a woman groaning and writhing in birth pains.” Yes, that’s the way the Apostle Paul described all of creation...