Time to Take a Devotional Break: Faithful Friends

Depending on age, interests, and your place along this journey called “life,” friendship very likely means something different to every reader.

YAR board members participate in Christian Care bingo night

Family Centered Services, Inc. Youth As Resources (YAR) advisory board members recently participated in a bingo night...

Here’s the Thing: If a girl pees in the forest, will...

Note: The following is based on my 04-16-2015 journal entry from our Wabash River to the Gulf of Mexico (source-to-sea) kayak trip.

A Joyful Noise: Pray Instead of Panic

The Apostle Paul once wrote, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be...

Amish Cook: Gloria reflects on school days and quiet rest

Good morning from the Yoder Seven! It’s a quiet Monday morning, and all six children are sound asleep at...

Here’s the Thing: A Lessen Learned

It is amazing what effect three simple words can cause.  People’s eyes become wide.   The animal instinct of fight or flight...

Time to Take a Devotional Break: Encounter with God

While family members can build strong bonds of love, it is also possible to destroy those same relationships through misunderstandings, jealousy, or...

Here’s the Thing: A travelogue: Bali, Indonesia – part three

The entire travelogue may be found at kenballinger.com (with pictures) Making Friends I’ve spent most of...

A Joyful Noise: What’s in a Name

In a recent — and thoroughly unscientific — survey, I studied the genesis of names. Specifically, I asked 18...

Leona Mahnensmith’s 100th birthday

Leona Mahnensmith will turn 100 years old on Jan. 29. She was a beautician for over 40...