Emotional highs will never last forever
When I first came to the Lord, I was 17. I was so happy and so alive. I only wanted to do what God wanted me to do. I felt so free. (I still want to do what the Lord wants me to do.) I started going to a church that talked about the Lord working through our emotions. I never heard that before. All through the church you could hear people praising God with their voices lifted up and their...
You can't let what someone else has done to you mess up your whole life
Nothing prepares you for something awful better than having been through that hollow feeling before. We’re all creatures of habit, and it’s always easier to recognize the landscape and the signposts, rather than finding your way through alien territory. But as in everything this old life throws at you, there are varying degrees of comfort along the familiarity/contempt...
All is changed through a personal relationship with Jesus
One of the prayers I have for my sons is that Jesus will become relevant in their everyday lives. I don’t want them to just trust in him to get to heaven or call upon him when they are in a crisis situation, but that they will develop a deep, intimate, personal relationship with him. That is the case of what happened with someone I’ll call “Chris.” Chris recalls he grew up like so...
Compatibility might be enough
Now that we and our house have decided on a divorce, we have been out and about meeting other houses, trying to find a lovable dwelling. So far we found a place we didn’t like and a place that wasn’t too fond of us. It’s so difficult when you have lived in a place you love that no longer fits your needs and then meet new places that fit your needs but just don’t win your...
Are you getting local calls that aren't local?
Your BBB reported on this spoofing technique in June, but with telemarketers betting more consumers will answer their calls if the number looks like their own, these types of calls are still thriving. Your cellphone or home phone rings. The number that flashes across the screen has the same area code and prefix as yours. You answer the call thinking it must be someone local, but no, it's...
You can help bees by creating habitats for them
Let’s talk bees. You may have just immediately thought of a yellow-and-black-striped insect; maybe the non-native European honey bee came to mind. You also may have associated a painful sting with the thought of this insect, which we almost always do. However, these ideas we have of bees are often misconceptions and do not rightfully represent the approximately 450 bee species native to Ohio...
A bumper crop of acorns
For most folks, autumn equals falling leaves. However, for our family, one sure sign of fall is the sound of acorns hitting the driveway. Sometimes we have so many the drive becomes an acorn skating rink. We scoop them up, but as soon as they are removed, the next batch hits the ground and the car and our heads. Acorn crops seem to be cyclical. Some years a tolerable amount hit the ground,...
Major discovery of royal tomb has strong Wooster ties
A major discovery of a royal tomb, provisionally dated 300-350 AD at the ancient Maya city of Waka’ in Northern Guatemala, has direct ties to the College of Wooster. Locating the tomb, which is the oldest to be discovered at the site, according to members of the Proyecto Argueológico Waka’ and the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala, was credited to the U.S.-Guatemalan El...
Local author to score up some reading fun at Boo in the Burg
Ever since he was little, Michael Kanuckel’s mind has been soaring through space at light speed with laser guns blasting, or he has been creating tales of terror as his creativity ran amok. Tales of fantasy, science fiction and spooky stories have long been a part of Kanuckel’s life, and he has turned his love for those genres into a career. The local author from Killbuck will be at...