Opinion
The New Boston steel mill shutdown
It was 1980 when a group of local anglers found themselves with more time to go fishing.A headline across the top of Page 1 of the Jan. 30 edition of ...
I THINK OF THEM
Information lands differently in my mind than it used to. I suppose that happens with age, when each of us enter into certain seasons of life. It was ...
Portsmouth -Shoe Capital an Era of Growth
I was checking out the shoe industry in Portsmouth when I ran across this story – it was put together by the Portsmouth Public Library. What ama...
On Deck: Dugout Devotions
A couple years ago, Angie and I attended the Florida Christian Writers Conference near Orlando, Fl. It changed our lives.The writing journey I had jus...
Reasons not to diet
It’s January. Beware of the barrage of fad diets. After a few weeks of holiday indulgence, many people make a vow for a New Year’s resolut...
Living high is good for you
As you move up from sea level the pressure of the air around you goes down. Atmospheric pressure composed of all the gas molecules including oxygen fa...
Medicine: A two-sided coin
We’ve all heard or read stories about doctors and hospitals— heroic stories and horrific stories. Patients that were helped—patients...
FROM DEATH TO LIFE
Say what you like, and many do. I have personally attended and participated in hundreds of events from coast to coast with hundreds of thousands in at...
The dreadfulness of Civil War – and be undivided – The battlefield causalities
War has prevailed between people as long as history has been recorded. Historians through the ages have different opinions of facts and accounts of wh...
The Trumpet SoundsSalt & light
This month at South Side we are doing a sermon series on “The Teachings of Jesus.” This week’s topic is about salt and light. Jesus ...
