Category: Editorials

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…

Christy Bass Adams Our autonomic nervous system is made of two parts: the sympathetic and parasympathetic. The sympathetic is known as our fight-or-flight system. This part is activated when we are in…

I loved my sweet young kids. Still, the lies that kept me awake night after night convinced me that my children were better off without me. Suicide is a tough topic. Its…

I have long been a supporter of a New York charity named Tunnels to Towers (T2T). It was begun nearly twenty years ago by Frank Siller to honor his younger brother, Stephen,…

“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit:…

Rick Patrick Columnist   Those of you who are frequent participants in our weekly visits know that I have had an ongoing challenge of trying to get into better shape. For the…

Paul has completed his description of God’s efforts to bring the church into existence. In the final three chapters of Ephesians, Paul reveals God’s commands concerning some characteristics for living as a…

A couple of weeks ago, I hit another milestone in my journey here. I made it to the nine-year mark here at the newspaper. Nine years of our weekly visits have certainly…

Amber Moore Columnist This past week, I said goodbye to my grandmother. For so many years, I didn’t know her. My dad and I had been estranged since I was six, and…

Heather Ainsley news@greenepublishing.com I’ve been thinking a lot about the impacts people make on the world, those small marks they leave behind that become the only evidence that they were ever here…

Rev. Cheryl Cruce Guest Columnist I have heard it said, “We often see God in the way we see our earthly fathers.” I’m not sure if that is entirely true, but if…

I could see it in the other students’ eyes. Envy. Not the green-eyed monster kind of envy, but the respectful admiration they, too, hoped to earn someday. We, the graduating class of…

Joe Boyles Guest Columnist I don’t know if most of the world’s conflicts are over border disputes between two nations, but it seems that way. For example, I’m thinking back 87 years…

Christy Bass Adams Guest Columnist The day I was induced with my first son, my husband also broke his thumb. Induction isn’t the smooth ride I hoped it would be. My labor…

What is your prayer for your child or grandchild this school year? Perhaps you’ll be praying for them to have a great school year; to excel academically and push through the pesky…

In the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus begins the Sermon on the Mount, that is near Tabgha, on the western side of the Sea of Galilee. Very quickly, he…