Opinion

Lessons in news photography

I've been asked to teach the basics of photography to some area teens. I enjoy this part of my job -- sharing what I know (or think I know) with others, especially the people we call "kids...

Pastor's Blog - PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

  The show, "Neat," on the ION network has inspired me to get back to a regular practice of going through my stuff and organizing it by the "keep, give away, toss or re...

Fantasy Explorers: Why men REALLY refuse to ask for directions

  “Why are we going this way?” “Where are we going?” “Why can’t we just go the way we always go?” I have heard these questions countl...

The Prayer of Mike: 10 words of wisdom from an Iowa farmer

Every so often, a new prayer craze catches on among American Christians. Someone writes about a new or newly re-discovered way to find God, or at least talk to him. Soon, a cultural phenomenon...

Pastor's Blog - SATURDAY MORNING

  There are other things I'd rather be doing on a Saturday morning, but duty calls ... The kitchen is threatening to produce a new life form unless I get a week's wor...

Pastor's Blog - FIRE AND WATER

    Walt Disney's "The Lion King" opens as animals from all over the African savanna gather to meet a new prince, the recently born cub of the Lion King. ...

The three lists in every man's head (and heart)

  "WHAT are we looking for?!?!?!?" A clearly-irritated female voice echoed across the aisle of a building supply store. I do not know the lady or her husband. (I assume ...

Re-inventing the domestic use of the wheel: The engineering most needed now

Can I mow the lawn, Dad? Please!?!?!?! Can I mow the lawn NOW?!?!?!?! No, I was not dreaming. Youngest Kid – like most of her older siblings in previous years – was inde...

LTE - Student Thanks Community for support

A Cuban girl that I met at the market, Wendy, and I. Hello everyone! I would like to take this opportunity to publically thank all of you in the community who supported my trip to Cuba, especially Blessed Hope Church. I went to Cuba as a s...

Yet one more reason to remember America\'s original Patriot\'s Day

Today's bombings at the Boston Marathon took place during Boston's official "Patriot's Day" celebration, and just four days before the 18th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bo...