Pastor's Blog - Advent

PASTOR JIM BLAIR
December 8, 2011 9:32 pm

  The Christian season of anticipation and preparation just preceding Christmas is called Advent. If you choose to attend church during Advent, you will probably see candles lit each Sunday in remembrance of the coming of our Lord into our world, both as a babe and as a King.

How to survive another winter driving season

VINTON TODAY
December 6, 2011 10:24 am

      I once had the enlightening experience of working with a teenage girl who had already wrecked her car two or three times.      She did not seem to make the connection between driving decisions and unpleasant results.

Where are all the presidential candidates?

JEFF HOLMES
December 5, 2011 12:14 pm

  Is it something we said? Over the six to eight months of the multi-facited battle that has become the race for the 2012 Republican nomination for President of the United States, something has struck me as odd.

A lesson in sportsmanship, and life

VINTON TODAY
December 4, 2011 8:15 pm

  You don't have to be a Green Bay Packer fan, or even a follower of football, to appreciate what happened on Sunday between Packer Charles Woodson and New York Giant Hakeem Nicks.

Gentlemen: Never forget your mistakes!

JEFF HOLMES
December 2, 2011 10:16 pm

  There are important lessons we men learn in life. One of the single most important is that no matter what it is your significant other does, you might need to keep your big, fat mouth shut about it, because there is probably a pretty good chance you've done something dumber.

Pastor's Blog - Christmas is a Happy Holiday

REV. MARK URLAUB
December 2, 2011 11:07 am

  “Happy Holiday” has become a surprisingly controversial greeting. Use of this greeting is mandatory for some, especially employees of certain large retailers, TV personalities, and others who must avoid sounding religious.

The winner, and loser of the 2012 Iowa Caucus

VINTON TODAY
December 1, 2011 11:43 am

        It's only Dec. 1, but I can already predict the impact of the Iowa GOP caucus on the 2012 presidential race. I can safely predict the biggest winner, and loser.

VT: The one and only

VINTON TODAY
November 30, 2011 12:06 pm

  … and then there was one. When we started Vinton Today, we looked around the state, and the nation, to see if there were other online-only newspapers in Iowa, and the U.

Tim Tebow: An Inconvenient Hero

JEFF HOLMES
November 29, 2011 9:51 pm

     Back in 1961, the San Francisco 49ers drafted a single-wing halfback from UCLA by the name of Billy Kilmer. He was drafted, primarily, to be a back-up quarterback, but over six seasons, the only thing Kilmer was ever known for was fumbling – playing as a halfback – in a game against the Minnesota Vikings.

Give winter blues the Dickens

VINTON TODAY
November 29, 2011 12:30 pm

       The worst thing about winter is the darkness. Most of us go to work while it's still mostly dark, and get home just in time to see the last of the sunlight disappear.