QUOTE OF THE WEEK Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, he sings. SUNDAY SATIRE 8:10 - A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn’t make a snow woman.

One of the perils of life is putting too much value on “stuff.” Stuff can be about anything. It can consist of what we have or what we don’t have.

Has America become the land of the special interest and home of the double standard?

To raise money for their mission trip, the St. James Youth Group is smelling cookbooks.

Do you make a list of resolutions for the new year? What if you made resolutions for the next five years? Sound daunting? Take a moment to think about the year 2029. How old will you be? If you have kids, how old will they be?

People occasionally will ask about my upbringing, family life and Appalachia roots. So, here is my song that I wrote and recorded titled Coal Miner’s Son. Maybe you can relate to some parts of the following lyrics.

With the dawning of a new year comes a deluge of resolutions, reminders, and exhortations. They all follow similar how-to themes— how to increase your efficiency, how to make every moment count, how to invest your time wisely and productively.

As you think about the new year of 2024, what’s your mindset? Many people are worried. Global warming, the presidential election, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

No doubt life is always changing. If you don’t like the weather it will change, eventually. It’s been hot most all over but cooler weather will come. In most of the country, cooler weather will be welcomed sooner rather than later.

You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and possess the land into which you are about to cross to possess it.