Opinion

We got a new preacher a few weeks ago. For a year, our church family circled the wagons and managed without a regular pastor. As Presbyterians, we do everything “decently and in order,” so we had to form a committee which formed a committee which met with the Presbytery committee to look for a new minister. They sent out questionnaires to our members, to other churches in the area, and to possible candidates around the country.

Wedged in my mind’s recesses are these eight simple words: “If you can make it there, go back.”

They’re easy enough to understand, but application is a whole ‘nuther thing.

These words captioned a cartoon a while back. It was drawn to warn folks relocating to New York City….

Though probably not intended, the cartoon has a serious undertone that may apply to folks from anywhere--cities, towns or rural.

It suggests that grass probably isn’t any greener on their side.

Do you remember when your grass was greenest?...

Demand for energy dropped to historic lows across the United States in April, according to a new report from the Energy Information Administration.

I’m tired of looking at that little eighty-seven-year-old woman running a marathon. I know, it took her three days and a portable defibrillator, but she made it. She looked pretty good, too. If I tried to run a race at my age, considerably younger than eighty-seven, they would have to social distance me in the line-up. Not because of a virus, but the flapping of my skin would probably knock someone over.

They tried ever so hard to make major league baseball’s opening day seem as normal as possible, for the radio listener or TV viewer anyway.

Before we get started, I’m not saying I hate America by my headline. If anything, far from it.

COVID-19 turned aggressive to the point last week that the Department of Defense activated U.S. Army and U.S. Navy medical task force teams and assigned them to Texas at Gov. Greg Abbott’s request.