When it comes to eating and spending time with family, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Of course, as you may know from my social media...

One of my favorite stories ever is about the pastor who noticed a man had fallen asleep in the middle of his sermon. “Wake him up,” the pastor told the sleeping man’s...

Voting is essential in our democracy. We vote for our local, state and national leaders, while other foreign countries, especially those of a...

You may remember the tale about the little boy who was late getting to church one Sunday morning. “Is anything wrong?” his Sunday school teacher...

I heard a story the other day about an old man who walked slowly through the church sanctuary to the pastor’s office while the choir practiced. He...

I never attended a press conference conducted by Bobby Knight or had the opportunity to be in his presence during a college basketball game. During...

When I began my tenure as publisher more than three years ago, we were in the beginning stages of a pandemic that changed everything. That first...

Some time ago I shared a story here about a man from the big city who was driving through the country when a billy goat jumped into the road and...

If all fails, read the directions. Too many times when I buy a product, I have a tendency to put things together without reading the instructions....

Perhaps you heard about the old fellow who bought his first riding mower when he was 80. “This thing is fast,” he bragged to his grandson who...

You may have heard about the elderly couple who went to the movies, loaded up with goodies at the concession booth, and settled into their...

The store is open again. A fixture in the middle of Round Hill in the Kirksville community where I spent a majority of my childhood, is back in...

I got a kick out of the old joke about the fellow who walked into the library and ordered a hamburger. The librarian replied rather sternly, “Sir,...

If you watch cable news, you may feel dispirited by the current state of our political affairs. We are constantly told we’re too left, too right,...

My late aunt Ruth was instrumental in my life and I will always remember her influence. She died after a hard-fought battle with breast cancer in...