By: Marlene Oxender What if? What if we had a book in our hands, and the author is life itself?…
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By: Steve Wilmot During the hippie movement in the 1960s, it was common for parents to give their children odd…
By: Rex Stump Wauseon, Ohio Is it wrong for Christians to dress up like their favorite superhero and go around…
By: Mike Kelly Retired Pastor A friend of mine, Kent Hardy, wrote several Facebook posts in September that caused me…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio I am the recipient, as is true of many of us, of mass emailing.…
By: Cheryl Garza Bryan, Ohio Using Music is a vital tool to keep your mind and body refreshed. Music changes…
By: Steve Wilmot Paul asserts love is the most excellent way to live. Hard to argue with that. Everyone wants…
By: Rex Stump Wauseon, Ohio In the month of October, we celebrate cooler weather, nature changing its colors, and harvest! Of…
By: Mike Kelly Retired Pastor So, what do we do about Halloween? Curse it? Ignore it? Celebrate it? Redeem it?…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio As mentioned in part 1, Rats have poor vision, but their other senses are…
By: Steve Wilmot Like most adolescent boys, I wondered what love is. My feelings were stirring for a classmate who…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio This is what I thought about rats until my grandson decided to adopt two…
By: Rex Stump Wauseon, Ohio Growing up on a farm, I carried 5-gallon buckets into the animal pens, through the…
By: Mike Kelly RETIRED PASTOR This month I have been writing about songs that move me emotionally. There are several…
By: Marlene Oxender If you were given the assignment of writing a fiction story with the opening line: “He thought…
By: Forrest R. Church, Publisher THE VILLAGE REPORTER The business world can be cutthroat. I have heard you should never…
By: Mike Kelly Retired Pastor I’m doing my October thing by focusing on hymns and praise songs that inspire me.…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio Although the scriptures are clear on the fact that Jesus was a Jew, many…
By: Rex Stump Wauseon, Ohio Who is able to advise the Spirit of the Lord? Who knows enough to give him…
By: Steve Wilmot The comma is a punctuation mark used mainly for separating a list of things, or to take…
By: Mike Kelly Retired Pastor This month, I’m looking at the songs and hymns that move me emotionally. They draw…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio The reasons the 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder and president, Charles Kirk, was assassinated…
By: Marlene Oxender A few months ago, I began writing a poem about children and their love for animals. I…
By: Rex Stump Wauseon, Ohio Every day we make choices, and every choice leads to a consequence. How are you…
By: Steve Wilmot Edgerton, Ohio Do you ever get tired of praying for something you fear will not get answered?…
By: Steve Wilmot Edgerton, Ohio You can imagine Pharaoh’s fury. Millions of man-hours of free labor disappearing into the wilderness.…
By: Rex Stump Wauseon, Ohio Sometimes my problems feel bigger than I can handle. Sometimes the difficulties of this world feel…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio Among the positive feedback on my column was a very informed reader who suggested…
By: Mike Kelly Bryan, Ohio I love to worship. To be honest, I’d rather spend Sunday morning worshipping for 30…
By: Cheryl Garza Bryan, Ohio Win The Day Right Away! A clear-minded, joyful, playful approach to your day is a…