Sunday, July 27, 2025

The Amish Cook: Gloria’s Mother-in-Law, Lydia Yoder, writes a special column...

A memorable and precious day occurred for us on August 28, 1988, thirty-five years ago when God blessed us with our beloved...

Here’s the Thing: Easing a furry friend gently into that good...

This month we lost a furry member of our family, Spotz the calico cat.  She joined us when she was 3 years...

Pharoahs kick off LifeVac Initiative

The Bluffton chapter of the Pharoahs Car Club recently kicked off fundraising efforts to purchase 16 LifeVac devices to be given away.

Time to Take a Devotional Break: Taking God at His Word

My father was a man of his word and a man of God’s Word. If dad made a promise, he kept it....

Gloria returns next week but shares a recipe in her absence

Editor’s Note:  Gloria is taking a deserved late-summer break.  Her column will return next week with a special family guest writer and...

Here’s the Thing: I am so far behind, I look like...

Recently my grandson celebrated his 17th birthday just 2 days after I trudged through my 75th birthday. During the celebrating/trudging, I was...

A Joyful Noise: A Time to Teach

Jose Gavarrete wanted to wince when the young man at the bar stuck a cigarette in the small hole left in his...

The Amish Cook: A visit with Daniel’s grandparents brings a flood...

I came home and noticed a campfire under the pine trees. Well, it’s not exactly my home; it just feels like it.

Here’s the Thing: Need or want – the bare necessities. More...

Note: The following is based on my 04-11-2015 journal entry from our Wabash River to the Gulf of Mexico (source-to-sea) kayak trip.

Five Generations of Bennetts

The family of Harriett Bennett had five generations together at a recent family reunion. From left, son...