Pastor Ash Dotson, Oasis UMC Advent is upon us, and I invite you to join us at Oasis United Methodist Church on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. for the sermon series, ‘The Songs of Our Longings.’ In John 5:17 Jesus says, ‘My Father is still working and I am working too.’ Christian and mystics of other…
Pastor Chet Kwiat Each year, it seems Christmas comes around faster, yet my heart fills anew with joy and reverence as the season approaches. Christmas is more than just a time to share gifts and fill our homes with lights, colors, and the aroma of festive meals. Though these traditions delight us, there is a…
Pastor Larry Sundin “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost nipping at your nose.” Those lines from the old Christmas classic sung by Nat King Cole always bring back childhood memories of the magic of Christmas. Every year about this time, my dad would hang the Christmas lights on our house, my mom would…
Jaine Toth Don and Jaine Toth don’t fuss over birthdays and anniversaries. Lunch or dinner out is usually sufficient. But certain milestones lend themselves to more. Our kids took us on a family vacation for our 50th. And now, we just made it to 60, even though all our friends thought we were so mismatched…
Betsy Lydle Smith The Robson Virtues Connections group joined several other Robson residents to provide a joyful Halloween celebration at Toltec Elementary School on Oct.30 for its Trunk or Treat event. Donna Vande Kieft and Jane Minish, who currently volunteer weekly at Toltec, organized the Robson contingent of five decorated cars that joined seventeen cars…
David Zapatka Reader Luz Stella Perotti wrote, “I had a SPLENDID time reading that one (Splendor). It is one of my favorite words.” While reading a fiction writers evaluation team’s comments about what makes a story successful, I came across these sentences, “Successful: tight writing, sharp dialogue, creative use of language, vivid imagery, a surprising…