What’s a girl to do when she and a friend plan a day trip of either hiking or kayaking but excessive rainfall creates so much water accumulation that the choices are no longer viable? She does what anyone in that situation would do, attends a women’s semi-professional football game, of course! The aforementioned circumstance is Read More
“Music’s Transformative Power”
Music is a remarkable tool; it can soothe a crying baby, calm a frazzled adult, unite a diverse group of people, bring division, transform a dull event into an electrifying one, and transport the psyche to another time and place. According to Wikipedia, music is found in every known culture, past and present. Even the Read More
“Finding Beauty in Your Scars”
According to Merriam-Webster, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scar, a scar may be defined in several different ways: 1. A mark left (as in the skin) by the healing of injured tissue 2. A mark or indention resulting from damage or wear 3. A lasting moral or emotional injury . Given the number of scar reducing and scar covering products Read More
“Party Like It’s New Year’s Eve”
If ever there was a night to party, tradition dictates that it is New Year’s Eve so here I go, ever being the troublemaker and wondering why? Why does the turning of the calendar, on this one particular day, bring with it so much merry making? Other than the changing of the digits, that follow Read More
“Reflections of Christmas”
By the time this column is published, Christmas 2016, heck even the year itself will be tucked quietly away within the pages of history. But, as I sit at home pounding away on my laptop, the day remains in its infancy. The silence is almost deafening, and I am not merry. The last ten or Read More
A Cross to Kill
What happens when a CIA assassin finds Jesus and decides that what he once thought was right and justifiable is suddenly just so very wrong; meet John Cross former CIA operative turned small country church pastor. Readers struggling with their own demons of repentance, forgiveness, restitution, and reconciliation will likely relate to the uber skilled, but the quite humble, and very likable character of John Cross. Read More
“A Time to be Thankful”
Today, it is a very good thing that newspapers, on-line or print, are items to be read and therefore provide some degree of separation from the audience, unlike say, live television. Why do I feel this way? Well, because at this very moment, I am beyond exhausted, mentally, physically and spiritually. Fatigued literally to the Read More