Standing in their shoes
It has been a strange and trying week for all of us, and as time progresses for the foreseeable future it is certain we...
Please wash your hands
All schools in Ohio are now closed. Professional sports have shut down. Grocery stores are bereft of essential goods including toilet paper and many...
Help slow coronavirus spread
As a community and as a country, we’ve faced our share of challenges through the years. Wars, weather-related catastrophes, and epidemics have all taken...
What if I have the coronavirus?
I may have the coronavirus, now what?There’s so much information from so many sources on what someone should do if they have symptoms and...
World turns at God’s pleasure
I am always amazed at how suspicious we humans become in the face of, well, everything that comes along. Let’s examine.Communist infiltration into churches,...
Humanity trumps money, sports
It is easy, on first reflection, to think that Governor Mike DeWine’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic was an overreaction. Especially when you consider...
We need other people
Trigger warning: discussion of suicide and suicidal ideation.I debated on whether or not to write this column for nearly a week after a 12-year-old...
Warning signs of mental illness
“Because I was a child when I had my first psychotic break,” Carol explains, “I didn’t know how to express it and I lashed...
Deer urine on aisle five
It appears our lives revolve around four things. Eating, shopping, working and sleeping.In recent years I began noticing that when we begin planning a...
‘In defense of Pollyanna’
I think Pollyanna might have gotten a bum rap.More than once in my life I’ve been accused of having a “Pollyanna attitude.” I didn’t...