Musings

By Sean Dietrich She has a box of to-go food in her hands. I overhear the man at the barbecue joint counter say she is missing two pounds of brisket. The man apologizes to the people in line, then he tells her it will be coming right up. “Don’t forget extra sauce,”...

By Lauren Cantanese “The pastor told us, “Love is not a feeling; feelings change periodically. Love is a choice. And when you make that choice to choose love, even if you don’t feel like loving, you are choosing to love unconditionally. You recognize that we are all flawed creations, created...

By Dave Holland “But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’ I tell you, it...

By Rick Moore, I have two older brothers. All three of us are less than a year and a half apart. My little sister is eleven years younger than me. During our elementary school days, many mornings my brothers and I would fight (yes, literally) over who had to eat...

By Lauren Catanese Love is in the air! Can you feel it? It starts in your face with a smile, then flutters down to your heart. It opens up space for the light to come in and the joy to fill you and your world! It’s magical! It puts everything...

By Kirk McCarley  One of my neighbors was a highly articulate and intelligent follower of government at local, state, and federal levels.  Our dialogue sometimes meandered into his most recent ramblings about street and infrastructure disrepair, wasteful spending, and ethical compromises.   Resolution of the state of affairs often concluded...

By Myrna Conrad We often start each New Year with commitments (New Year’s resolutions) to do things differently. We commit to eat less, work out more, spend less, travel more, step out of our comfort zone more, love more, stress less, and numerous other grand aspirations to start the year...

By Sean Dietrich DEAR SEAN: I don’t think my school is going to have prom for 2021, everyone is guessing this is the case. We don’t know yet, but it’s probably not happening. It just sucks that we might not get to do this because we have nothing to look forward...

By Lauren Catanese Yesterday is the past. And tomorrow has yet to come. So we find ourselves here today in whatever world we have been creating. In this present moment with big dreams of what’s to come, instead of forcing life to be a certain way, accept what is here...

By Kirk McCarley, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”  Proverbs 29: 18 “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else.”  Yogi Berra “Where do you see yourself in five years?” is a standard interview question straight from the Human Resources Department manual.  Though often asked, it...