Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Feb. 26, 1869: The legislature approved a bill moving the state capital to Charleston. Feb. 26, 1972: One of…
Something happened to me this morning that I walked away thinking, “I’m going to write about this.” But I instantly realized that there are two things from that one event that I want to write about, so this is sort of a double column. I…
One of my favorite Bible stories is found (among other places) in Matthew 14. It is the story of Jesus walking on water. That’s what we all think of it as anyway. So Jesus sends the disciples out onto the lake in their boat. He…
We are hearing about the work shortages. Wait, not the work shortage, the worker shortage. I saw an article last week about the service industry and how people (young people mostly) are quitting their service jobs. Plenty of folks want to blame the stimulus money…
A few months ago I was a newspaper columnist. Now I am an online columnist. Things change over time. As a pastor I am fully aware of the push and pull between traditional and progressive. I am constantly being made aware of things that have…
Are you busy? Things just seem to be going a thousand miles per hour lately around here. Everyone seems to be running a bit ragged (I definitely include myself in that description). What has happened? What has gotten life so busy and so exhausting? I…
I’m sure that you’ve noticed this trend in the news. Shootings! Shootings every week for the last few months. There has been some American killed by gun violence so frequently lately that you have to scroll down the news websites now to find these things…
I’m sure that you’ve noticed this trend in the news. Shootings! Shootings every week for the last few months. There has been some American killed by gun violence so frequently lately that you have to scroll down the news websites now to find these things…
Would you like an additional dose of God’s presence? Would you like some more holy wisdom? Could I interest you in a little more of God’s blessing? I bet that you said yes to at least one of those. Even if you don’t know that…