Lifestyle

Doug Creamer: Knowing my purpose

            I have been sitting here reflecting on what I did last week. That’s how I always begin ...

Lifestyle

Ann Farabee: Did you hear me?

 My husband and I had been sitting in our living room for an hour and neither of ...

Lifestyle

Mike Wilson: The dusty old stuff on my middle shelf

In my office at the college there is a large bookcase right behind my desk that houses four ...

Health

David Freeze: Teri and Philip — another interesting month!

August had mixed results. Philip was injured playing basketball and Teri ramped her effort to the highest level ...

Lifestyle

Darrell Blackwelder: Hibiscus weed

I was about to yank a weed out of the annual flowerbed in front of St. John’s Lutheran ...

Lifestyle

Above water (not about Hurricane Dorian)

River-goers are used to seeing slider turtles lined up on exposed river rocks, and on logs adjacent the ...

Lifestyle

Dr. Magryta: Chronic Lyme Disease

  For those patients suffering from Chronic Lyme Diseas in the northeast and northern midwest, this is for ...

Lifestyle

Doug Creamer: Reflection and renewal

              I know that many churches have renewal and revival services. Some last all week, while others ...

Lifestyle

Ann Farabee: Beginnings

   It was quite a nice conversation we had going on as a family. I had just ...

Lifestyle

Dr. Henry Waiters: How to have a happy home

The foundation of the first home was laid by God. “And the Lord God planted a garden eastward ...

Columns

Roger Barbee: An act of grace

In March, 2015 when I heard the news that my high school wrestling coach had been diagnosed with ...

Lifestyle

Mack WIlliams: Mowing and its memories

  I recently saw a man labouring over his “lapsed” lawn with a push mower, not the kind ...

Lifestyle

Dr. Magryta: Cyber bullying and young girls

  An adolescent daughter’s mood and sense of well being have been on parents’ minds for centuries. The ...

Health

David Freeze: Gotta’ Run

Resting heart rate and why it matters   When I teach a group class, I usually ask a ...

Lifestyle

Kent Bernhardt: These things called computers

I’m convinced that most of the problems we have with our computers on a day to day basis ...

Lifestyle

Ann Farabee: Labor of love – or just labor?

     So funny. I was in the grocery store and there was a man standing at ...

Lifestyle

Doug Creamer: Jury duty

              On the day I returned from vacation, I went to get the mail. There were several ...

Lifestyle

Robert Black: Looking for beauty

  Ever since our first child was born, one of the things that I had been looking forward ...

Columns

Mack Williams: Joe Pye and his weed

  No! This week’s column is not about the 50th anniversary of Woodstock! By chance, it’s also the ...

Lifestyle

Darrell Blackwelder: Passionflower, a.k.a. Maypop

During my younger years, the neighborhood kids would play in a pasture behind our house. We were always ...

Faith

Doug Creamer: School is opening

            This is a very strange week for me. All of my former colleagues are heading back to ...

Lifestyle

Ann Farabee: Got your permit?

       I got my permit! Those four words may very well be the most exciting ...

Faith

Felecia Wesley: ‘And forbid them not’

In Matthew 19:14, Jesus said “suffer little children come unto me and forbid them not, for such is ...

Columns

Dr. Magryta: Odds & ends

  Taking the Time When I think of taking the time, I think of the Cat Stevens song, ...

Columns

Susan Shinn Turner: A reaffirmation

  In November 2016, My Beloved asked me four questions: would I marry him, would I move to ...

Lifestyle

Mike Wilson: School days

  The recent spate of back-to-school ads and activities and the appearance of school supplies in our local ...

Lifestyle

Darrell Blackwelder: Perennial begonias

If there is a shady location in your landscape that needs some perking up, you may want to ...

Columns

Mack Williams: Back with The Dash

  I was recently back with the Winston-Salem Dash for the seventh time to sing the National Anthem, ...

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