Category: Columns

By Pastor Mike On a hot July 1st, the rolling hillsides and farmland of our country were disrupted by the marching footsteps of an invading army.  Citizens peered out of their homes to view the ragged ranks of a foe bent on...

by John Jefferson George Gershwin wrote the song, “Summertime,” for a folk opera he called “Porgy and Bess.” It’s said to be “written in a minor key and has a slightly melancholy feel.” The opera was about the woes of poor,...

by Slim Randles   Each of us, in our own way, smiles on the Fourth of July. We can’t help it. We are the most fortunate citizens of any nation in the world and we know it. A bunch of us in the valley will be down on the...