Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge – one of the world’s most important migratory bird staging and wintering habitats – is under attack. For many years, a way to connect the remote community of King Cove to Cold Bay, a larger town with an all-weather airport and better medical ...
What America needs are small businesses. Whatever part of the economy, small businesses should have a stake in the game. No matter the amount of small business Saturdays, small businesses matter. Be it a boutique, grocery store, pharmacy, farm, or what have you, supporting local entrepreneurs ...
Retirement gives me time to go through and clean out old files. Recently I came across the following article by Vernon Broyles III in Presbyterians Today, December 2013, based on Revelation 22:1-5. It still speaks to me today, 11 years later. I hope it speaks to you, too. “The world is ...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, as the song goes. It’s a time for family and friends to come together to celebrate good cheer and tasty food. Christmas is coming and so are the mountains of presents, endless parties and of course the arrival of Santa. But what about the birth of ...
Saint Nicholas was a bishop of Myra the 300’s, a city of the Roman Empire, in modern-day Turkey. He was a man known for his generosity and passion, whose stories of heroic faith and miracles spread far and wide after his death. Once, when he was a young man, there were some neighborhood girls ...
With the holiday season here, it is time for reflection. Whether with family, friends, or yourself, this is a wonderful time of year to come together for reflection. Take the time this holiday season to relax and reflect on what was, what is, and what will be. Holidays are a way to make ...
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. –John 1:14 This is an early Christmas greeting. This is the only time I can and will be writing an article during the month of December. A Blessed and ...
When I knew I was not going to farm anymore, I needed to cheer myself up. I decided to ride Amtrak. Due to a bomb cyclone cancelling my ride from Seattle to St. Paul, I ended up riding the California Zephyr from Emeryville, Calif. to Omaha. As a child, my mom and I rode a partial version of ...
As I begin to prepare for our Thanksgiving celebration, I usually find a book on my shelf called, Thanksgiving, “A Time to Remember,” by Barbara Rainey. As she says on the book jacket, "A holiday for celebrating faith, family and freedom, Thanksgiving Day is both distinctly Christian and ...
It’s that time of the year again when we all pause to give thanks. For the farmers, it is a thankful time for the Harvest that has been brought in. For others, it is for health or family, or maybe just because we are told to be thankful this time of the year. Whatever you are thankful for, ...