Opinion
Better than Dad's
"If I get the farm, I am going to tear this down and build a better one."
Abigail couldn't wait to rat out her sister Lydia, for what she said while they were helping me build a small picnic shelter area on a concrete slab where my grandfather once had a corn crib.
But when I heard what my 14-year-old said, my reply was simply, "I hope she does.
Happy Father's Day, Daddy
Do you ever think back to the days when your biggest concern was that you needed a baseball bat all your own? So your dad took you to the store to get you not only a bat but your very first baseball glove.
Or the time you found baby bunnies alone in the yard and their mom laying on the road? You ran to your dad who gently collected them into a box with some old rags and told you they might not make it, but sat there with you nursing them with an eye dropper, and in the end they didn't survive, but your dad was your hero. The Wacky, Wonderful, World Wide Web
I STILL find this whole internet world a bit weird...while finding it wonderful as well...but at the time, a bit too nosey for my taste.
A couple days ago I "celebrated" my birthday, I use that word loosely.
At our house, we greet holidays, birthdays and anniversaries, holding our breath and tiptoeing out of bed...traditionally, these days are known for something bad happening on them.
Pastor's Blog - Do You Hear Voices
Acts 2:42-47
There are some things I just can't do without hearing my mother's voice as I remember those teaching moments my younger sister and I shared as we watched her prepare meals. She would talk as she worked, explaining everything she was doing. When it came to preparing liver (and she did make the best liver and onions), she always told us to scald the liver with hot water. Raspberries after the rain
I have been pleasantly surprised, during my years of living on my grandfather's old farm, at the good things that grow, if I let them.
Here's a story about one of those things. The raspberries are still a couple of weeks at least from being ready to eat, but already I am making plans for a daily walk.
Judge Judy vs. Jeopardy: Smart people choose smart entertainment, smart leaders
If there is one report from the news lately that indicates best how bad things are in American society, it's this:
More Americans, according to the Nielsen television ratings service, watch "Judge Judy" than "Jeopardy."
A few years ago, Betty White was part of an effort to revive the "Password" game show.
Me and Google
I owe part of my success in researching stories to a silly movie.
In the 2002 comedy "Maid in Manhattan," the mother, played by Jennifer Lopez, responds to a question from her daughter by saying "Google it at school."
I was fairly new to the Internet world at that time (and so was Google.
Pastor's Blog-IMPERISHABLE SEEDS
Acts 2:14a, 36-41
I Peter 1:17-23
So, there I was on Saturday, wandering through the garden center of one of those big home improvement stores, surrounded by plants and flowers in 6-packs, gallon containers and planters and racks of brightly colored seed packets. Tom is always a bit apprehensive when he sees me disappear into this mass of vegetation because it usually results in hoping that the car's suspension system can handle all those flats of plants and bags of compost. Dear Advertisers and Community
Most months I try to drop a little note of thanks to our advertisers...it seems I've run into a good sort of problem, it's been crazy busy!
I don't know if the area folks realize how important all of you advertisers are to making this all possible, you are indeed the engine that keeps all of this running.
As much as we love doing the work to make this a great website, we couldn't do it without all of your support, and for that, we thank you!
With all of you behind us, it drives us to make this a better place to be.
A much more serious contest on a more dangerous field
A few years ago, a Vinton-Shellsburg baseball player was at the plate. A fastball came too far inside. He turned to get away. He couldn't move fast enough.
The audience heard two distinctive sounds; the thud of the ball hitting the player's back, and a scream.
The scream, however, did not come from the player, but from his mother sitting a few yards away.