Banks, bankruptcy, small businesses
Small town small businesses, will they be able to survive? The grim reaper has been casting his long shadow over small businesses during these...
News from the raven nest
The raven nest was the big news this spring.Our neighbor, Joe, who belongs to every social organization in town, found himself with very little...
Thanks for the expressions
We are grateful for the kind words, cards, flowers, gifts and phone calls while celebrating our 60th wedding anniversary. Thank you each one and...
He was not always understood
To the editor,I am writing this letter as a final “letter to the editor” upon the sudden passing of my father, Melvin E. Kruse...
Quite an honor … I think
Many people like to decorate their office walls with diplomas, certificates, plaques and awards they received over a lifetime of study and work. Many...
Are you eating smart when you go out to eat?
Now that many of you are going out to eat again, plan to make healthy nutritional choices.Choose a veggie-packed salad for your main meal.Go...
How do YOU read the Bible?
In over forty years of pastoral ministry, one of the questions I hear most often is a question that perhaps you have asked at...
Patience and the pandemic
I get it. People are just plain tired of the pandemic. At first there was fear and trepidation, followed by the panic buying of...
My Neighbors the Superheroes
I think my next-door-neighbors might be superheroes. They both work with computers (at least that’s what they say) and then, every spare moment, they...
Looking for the answers
It is hard to figure where to start. These are certainly unusual times we are living through, so unusual that I’m still trying to...