Most of the time, I try to keep things on the lighter side with our weekly visits. However, every once in a while something happens and it prompts me to say something,…
Category: Editorials
Emerald’s Gem Box: Happy Birthday Brooke
This past Monday, January 21, marked the 24th birthday of my daughter, Brooke. Where has the time gone? It doesn’t feel like “yesterday” but my goodness, it sure doesn’t seem like 24…
Christian Concepts: Does God Still Speak Today?
Gary B. King Guest Columnist CharismaNews was quick to report that J. D. Greear, President of the Southern Baptist Convention, said God can still speak audibly today. What Greear said was he…
Learning As I Go: The Eyes of a Child
The first time I took my oldest son to a park, I watched him soak in the sights. Everything was new and exciting; the colors, the equipment, the kids. Once he got…
From the sunny side… Let the music play
I have gotten into the habit of listening to music while my fingers busily tap, tap, tap away at whatever story or tidbit upon which I am working in order to keep…
Learning As I Go: Learning how to fall
A year ago I built monkey bars for the boys. Carter, my oldest, could hardly wait to try them out. He nervously climbed up the ladder, grabbed the first bar, began reaching…
Emerald’s Gem Box: Judgment Day
Judgment Day – it will happen, one day, for each and every one of us. The question each one of us needs to ask ourselves is, “What will be written in MY…
From the sunny side… Accidental brilliance
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. As much as I would like to, there are times when I can’t take credit for everything good that you see every week in the paper. There…
Emerald’s Gem Box: To build or not to build (the wall)
A lot of people want a wall built on the U.S./Mexican border. A lot of people seemingly don’t want to build a wall. I have to ask the question … do the…
Learning As I Go: 20 strange things I told my kids in 2018
Christy Bass Adams Guest Columnist As a mother, I have said some very strange things to my kids. This year has been no different. Here are 20 funny phrases I found myself…
From the sunny side… The next city
Here we are, another year has gone by. Somehow, changing calendars fills people with a sense of nostalgia over the year passed on and, at the same time, a sense of optimism…
PETA hams it up with latest complaints
Mickey Starling: Greene Publishing, Inc. If you thought there was any chance that the world was going to become less confusing and, perhaps, more focused on serious issues facing society, think again….
National Security: First Flight
A couple of weeks ago, on December 17, was the 115th anniversary of the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air machine. The inventors and first pilots were two brothers from Dayton, Ohio….
Emerald’s Gem Box: Happy New Year!
2019 is here! Wow, time flies; and the older we get the faster it seems to go. 2018 was good to me. God has blessed me with another year of good health…
The Editor’s Desk: Sister stuff
Savannah Reams: Greene Publishing, Inc. On this day, 23 years ago, Dec. 28, 1995, I received the best Christmas present I could have possibly asked for—a baby sister. All year, I talked…
From the sunny side: Morning pace
I’m not a morning person. That is simply a fact of life that I have made my peace with a long time ago. I often tell people who complain that I may…
From the sunny side… Changing traditions
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. Recently a good friend of mine posted on that “Facepages” site a picture of her Christmas tree with the presents underneath. She mentioned that her grown sons…
Learning As I Go: My Kids Made Me Do It
Christy Bass Adams Guest Columnist One of my mom’s wedding gifts to us, in July of 2004, was a big box of handmade ornaments. When December rolled around, I could hardly contain…
Christian Concepts: What is on your 2019 reading list?
Early last Friday morning I completed my fifty-third reading of the Scriptures. Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, I began reading through them again. Some may wonder why I discipline myself to read through…
Emerald’s Gem Box: Merry Christmas
The countdown is finally coming to an end. Christmas is less than a week away and a brand-new year is less than two weeks away. Shopping, cooking, parties, Santa Claus and family…