Category: Editorials

I have a morning routine. Once I shower, next is always deodorant. Well, at least it’s supposed to be. I don’t even remember what distracted me, but one morning last week I…

Rick Patrick Columnist   The cooler mornings we have experienced recently have served to remind me that perhaps my favorite times of the year is the time when the seasons change. I…

Jesus gave to the church five groups of people so that there would be unity among all believers. These were: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers (Ephesians 4:11). Collectively, these five groups…

I imagined living in our house every time we put another board on the wall. For over six years I dreamed of hanging pictures and curtains in each room. But something interesting…

What kind of impact does your pastor’s influence have on your church, your community, your family? On you? Sadly, many pastors are leaving their churches because they feel discouraged and sometimes unappreciated….

I don’t know how many of you watched the Charlie Kirk Memorial last week at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., but I’m certain many of you did. About 100,000 were there…

Rick Patrick Columnist This morning, as I was preparing to make my trek to work, I looked in the mirror and realized I really need to get a haircut (actually, I do…

Do you ever feel unworthy because you realize how much you fall short of God’s standards? The truth is, none of us measures up to the perfect standard of a perfectly holy…

In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, he begins his conclusion by telling them about the equipment they will need to combat evil in this world and their lives. Using the armor of…

I’m old enough to remember the days when phones would ring with a rather peculiar sound. They would actually ring. There was an actual bell inside the phone and it would literally…

There was another shooting Sunday. It was an attack on a church in Michigan. Whether we are of the same faith persuasion as the attacked church or not, the reality of the…

At an early age, I developed a practice of thinking out loud. Some folks called it “talking to myself.” For some reason, this habit caused some concern among my parents. I think…

Is there discord in your church? If so, how much do you personally contribute to it? If your answer is “Not at all,” would you change your response if I asked: Are…

I heard it said once that one good thing about birthdays is the older you get, the more of them you have. As you are reading this I will have celebrated another…

Joe Boyles About a month ago, President Trump ordered the National Guard into Washington D.C. to quell the violence that had become epidemic. The extreme violence (murder, rape, car-jacking, assault, armed robbery)…

Christy Band Adams Mark 12:30-31(NIV) says, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second…

Christian Peterson news@greenepublishing As I am sitting here writing this, it’s still dark out. I usually get to the office a little early, but today is different. Today, I left the house,…

A couple of weeks ago, I went to the Madison Republican Dinner at the Church of God fellowship hall. I had not attended an annual dinner for the past several years. The…

Rick Patrick I have begun having lunch on a regular basis at the local Senior Citizens Center. Although I don’t necessarily feel it, I do meet the age requirement for participation. It’s…