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Columns

  • From a Mother's Heart

    How we enter into a new year can be a challenge

     

  • On Higher Ground

    God has plans for you even when the future looks bleak

     

    “‘I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.  Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will hear you.  You will seek Me and find Me, when you seek Me with all your heart,’ declares the LORD” (Jeremiah 29:11-13).

  • From the Mountain

    Mark J. Tidwell

     

    I’ve been enjoying some of my summer’s work the last few cold days.  When temperatures dipped down into the teens, and snow was blowing by horizontally in a stiff wind, a good fire sure did wonders to stave off the chill.  A fire has an unexplainable magic and calming effect to it.  One can contemplate many things while gazing into the blaze.  I suppose that can be traced back to the days of “Og” when man first utilized fire to stay warm in the cave and keep critters at bay.

  • Faithful Words

    Taking Christmas into the New Year

     

    “…and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins” (See Matthew 1:21 , RSV)

  • Long Goodbye

  • Citizen journalist- friend or foe?

    I have said before, and I’ll say it again, I take pride in my work.

    I knew before I started school that I wanted to be a writer. Majoring in journalism I studied the profession. Years later I am still learning the tricks of the trade.

    The problem I have is with some people masquerading as journalists. It has taken me years to understand and implement the Associated Press style of writing, to actively engage the audience in one sentence and to compassionately write heartbreaking stories in a newsworthy tone.

    It’s not easy.

  • Remembering Christmas past

    As I decorated my house this year for Christmas I was so thankful because last year it was quite a chore. I was taking chemo and didn’t have a lot of strength. Since April of this year 2010, I have felt better every day.

  • LaFollette Library News

    The LaFollette Public Library has added the following Christmas DVD’s to its collection: Christmas in Boston, Yogi Bear’s all star comedy Christmas Caper, Phineas and Ferb a very Perry Christmas, Alvin and the chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas, Disney’s A Christmas Carol, Twas the Night Before Christmas, Yes, Virginia, A Golden Christmas, Mrs. Miracle, Santa Paws, Donkey’s Christmas Shrektacular, The Polar Express, Four Christmases, Barbie in the Nutcracker, The Dog who saved Christmas vacation and Santa Baby 2.

  • From a Mother's Heart

    Do you see the new person in the mirror?

     

     The Bible teaches two great truths about change. The first is that despite the changing world around us, God is changeless and dependable. The second is that God call for an inner change of heart, called repentance that produces an outer change of lifestyle, called obedience.

  • Faithful Words

    Peace for the prepared

     

    “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way; the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight” (Marl 1:1-3, RSV)

    Nothing in life is more elusive than peace. Peace is not violent! Peace does not force itself upon us or our relationships.