When you’d rather skip Christmas this year
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When you’d rather skip Christmas this year

Losing someone you love is incredibly hard. And now the holidays are upon you. That empty chair, with all its memories and sentiment, now seems to be the largest piece of furniture in your home.  I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m awed at the depth you loved your always-could-depend-on dad, energetic-and-inquisitive child, best-buddy sibling…

Will 25-year milestone bring a second wind?
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Will 25-year milestone bring a second wind?

Danny Tyree Well, that quarter-century went by faster than the weaver’s shuttle! (Almost as fast as younger readers Googling, “What the %$#@& is a weaver’s shuttle?”) As of late October, I have been pounding out a Tyrades! column every week for 25 years without a single break, and with no plans to slow down. Why…

The comparison game
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The comparison game

Michael J. Brooks Comparisons can be instructive and memorable. Jesus often used comparisons in teaching.  For example, he taught about two sons, two builders and two men who died, only one going to the “bosom of Abraham.”  In Luke 18 he taught two parables that demonstrated important principles in prayer. Both feature comparisons that show…

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Joe Biden continues to wreck our world

The world is nothing but murders, massacres, and the threat of war. It’s gotten so bad, you wake up and ask, “Who died overnight?†Or “Whose rockets and bombs hit who this time?†I’ll go out on a limb here and blame most of the world’s turmoil and tragedy on President Biden and his handlers….