Snow has arrived, and I know it will be here for several months. For myself, although so many in our area look forward to recreation on the fluffy white, for me, it is the driving on the fluffy stuff that causes hesitation and anxiety. Winter can be a challenge, but also a blessing; winter ...

I want to take a moment and respond to a front-page article that appeared in the Wednesday Gazette, Oct. 29th, entitled, “Ad Campaign Focuses on UP Abortion Access”. The article informed us that advertisements and public service announcements about the availability of this procedure would ...

My father died several weeks ago, and I was left with the project of cleaning out his house. It is a daunting task to dismantle years' worth of stuff. So many thoughts have come to me since I was unloading files, drawers, closets, and basements full of treasures and stuff. I found my ...

How many of us know what Faith really is? I have, of late, seen many crosses around necks. This signals to me that the person wearing the cross is a Christian. However, when I see that cross of a Christian, I assume it is a symbol of that person's belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. ...

As I watch the evening news, I often can’t believe what I hear or see. The shootings, the violence, and all the innocent people caught between the bullets and the beatings. What has happened to our society that we have become such strangers to each other in our own country? There does not ...

We are approaching a new season, Fall—the glories of the changing leaves, blanketing our valleys and forests, with grandeur. But as life itself, the season passes into another, winter, and winter is coming. This transition of our current days parallels my own life. My father died at the age ...