Praying for rain -- til Saturday night

VINTON TODAY
May 22, 2013 10:33 pm

The extra batteries are in the camera bag; the spare knee brace in the suitcase. As I prepare for a late week trip to Tennessee and Kentucky, I have one huge fear: That something big will happen in the news while I am away.

Letter to the Editor: Benghazi Answers?

VINTON TODAY
May 21, 2013 8:45 pm

  Supporters of President Obama will stand by him no matter what.  It is interesting that Chris Mathews is now a critic at least temporarily.

Lessons in news photography

VINTON TODAY
May 21, 2013 8:04 am

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

PASTOR LANETTE S. VAN
May 17, 2013 11:06 am

  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 recycle" method.

Fantasy Explorers: Why men REALLY refuse to ask for directions

VINTON TODAY
May 16, 2013 7:57 am

  “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 countless times from my kids in the back seat.

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

VINTON TODAY
May 13, 2013 8:21 am

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.

Pastor's Blog - SATURDAY MORNING

PASTOR LANETTE S. VAN
May 10, 2013 12:06 pm

  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 worth of dishes done and the chili disaster in the microwave cleaned up.

Pastor's Blog - FIRE AND WATER

PASTOR LANETTE S. VAN
May 3, 2013 12:37 pm

    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)

VINTON TODAY
April 27, 2013 9:16 am

  "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.

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

VINTON TODAY
April 23, 2013 8:06 am

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 indeed pleading for permission to cut the grass.