Opinion

The storm and other lessons on the unfairness of life

       It's common, during storms and other disasters, for people to utter phrases that basically say, "Life is not fair."      One ins...

I see trees of green...what a wonderful world...

This week has given me all sorts of thoughts and feelings.  For the most part, this "job" has had such an "un-job-ish" feeling to it, that I forget people actually care...

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 werewo...

How many ways can you say, \"Wow!\"

Yesterday we woke at 4:30 to the sound of thunder, flashes of lightning, and a really loud roaring noise.  This is one time I hate living in the country.  Usually the night before I w...

Pastor's Blog - GOD DOES REMEMBER US

Pastor Lanette S. Van   Genesis 22:1-14 Isaiah 49:14-16 The labor pains begin all too early at 28 weeks of gestation, and little Maneesha, the subject of one of Anne Geddes photographs,...

Possible solutions to the Debt Ceiling Crises

  To The Editor:             It is difficult if not impossible to get through the “fog” that has enveloped the ...

The effect of performance-enhancing drugs on Congress

       Imagine the following news story from the year 2020:      "A federal grand jury has indicted dozens of members of Congress for using ill...

From agriculture to nature: A diary of an old farm

When VT Editor Dean was very young, this area held a corn crib; now it's a place to see nature.      I remember it as the place where my grandfather had a corn crib when I was very young.     Then one day, when we went to see my grandparents, it was gone. ...

An important lesson to learn from the Casey Anthony trial

      The defendant was guilty as sin.     He and his friends had been drinking; they got stuck in a ditch and asked an old farmer to help them late at night....

Red Skelton\'s Pledge of Allegiance lesson

For your watching entertainment... I didn't know anything about Red Skelton, until a few years ago when I saw something about him.  Here's is a touching segment he shared in 19...