Opinion

A prayer for the Occupiers

       Some call me a skeptic. Others, a cynic. A few, even, use words like oddball.      Whatever.      I dance for ...

\'Tis the season to be...Thankful

In the business of life, it seems we never just have the time to sit and appreciate.   If things go badly, we are in complain mode in 2 seconds flat.  Get a flat tire, and the who...

Pastor\'s Blog - Lifted up

Pastor Lanette S. Van As a Christian, I believe that God speaks to us through a number of different ways.  This blog is not so much about swapping stories about cats as it it about sharing those "God moments.&...

Bubbles

Today I got a call from my sister who just sent her daughter to Kindergarten. Evidently the poor kid has been labelled as a slow child. Not mentally mind you, she has all of the brains of proba...

Going Paperless, yeah right

Way back in the 80's, my kids think this is the Elvis era, we all heard about how computers will make us a paperless society. At the time, the fancy copiers, that are now common in every ho...

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The lessons of Iraq should begin with pronunciation

    Eye-Rack.      I-rock.     Uh-rack.     Uh-rock.     Ee-rock.     Ee-rack. &nbs...

Reality TV at its best; why the World Series deserves more attention

     The only reality TV that I find worth watching has been on this week: The World Series. Even though this year's "Fall Classic" takes place hundreds of miles from a...

Pastor\'s Blog - WEREWOLF SLAVES

Pastor Lanette S. Van  FREEDOM THROUGH CHRIST, Part 1 Matthew 11:28-30 Romans 7:15-25a Do you ever have days when you feel like a werewolf? Yes, I said werewolf – that creature of folk lore a...

\'Noman\' is not an island: We must stand together against lame political clichés

        Do you ever stop to think about all of the nonsensical things that people say on a daily basis?      Things like:      &q...