Fourteen-year-old Karthik Nemmani of McKinney, Texas, last month won the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word “koinonia.” With high-tech voice-to-text, auto-correct, … more

More and more people are making their homes in woodland settings - in or near forests, rural areas, or remote mountain sites. There homeowners can enjoy the beauty of the environment but they also … more

Paradise is where you make it and according to Lori Russell, activity coordinator over the memory care unit at Arabella’s Senior Living, their garden area fits the description. “We have some … more

In Psalm 26, David claims to live with integrity before the Lord, and he invites the Lord to test him, to inspect his life, inside and out. I wonder how many of us would welcome God’s inspection. … more

Any reader who’s sent me an email knows I’m terrible about checking my email. The spam-to-real-correspondence ratio in my in-box is literally about 30-to-1, which makes for a lot of dreaded … more

She got caught trying to get things hauled off to the junk yard but instead managed to stir up a whole lot of people in her neighborhood. After all, she did what any normal person would do by placing … more

Although some men long to have a son to carry on their family name (and their male-pattern baldness), I’ve always felt lucky to have three daughters. First, having girls is more interesting for me … more

THE OLDER we get the more we have a tendency to reflect on the “good old days.” No matter who you are, those good old days were tough to get through at the time. But, looking back it was the best … more

A few years back, a friend surprised me with a gift: a desk plaque bearing the words “I’m silently correcting your grammar.” I put it next to my computer, snapped a picture and sent the … more

The flags are waving in honor of Memorial Day. The sidewalks are lined with the red, white and blue and it can be seen flying high overhead in specific areas of the communities. And for the most … more