A single Bible verse can ruin a perfectly good sermon. A few months back, minister Mit Vikraman invited me to this bustling, ...

The continued enforcement of alcohol prohibition in Nagaland, once hailed as a moral milestone, has today become one of the most glaring examples of policy failure in the state. Nearly three decades ...

Counting is important if you count the right things. My friend Derric Johnson reminds us that today’s culture keeps us ...

A lot of people must like raw cookie dough since warning labels try to ward off temptation. Sometimes those directions work .

The spiritual link between Jewish Exodus story and American founding shaped the nation's moral foundation, with gratitude ...

A. There is another means of obtaining God's grace, and it is prayer. Q. 1099. What is prayer? A. Prayer is the lifting up of our minds and hearts to God, to adore Him, to thank Him for His benefits, ...

I was leaving a restaurant near the newspaper office after lunch with colleagues when a phrase in a frame on the wall caught ...

A Community Thanksgiving Lunch, all ages welcome will be held on Wednesday from noon to 1pm at the Sonora Senior Center.

Imagine that the most deadly sins aren't the headlining ones, but those quietly destroying the soul from the inside out. The Bible doesn't list sins it warns about mentalities and behaviors that can ...

If you could create the perfect life, what would it look like? What would you change? Would it involve a new career, a ...

I loved my job because when the day was done I could lay my tools down and give attention to things that were more important ...

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