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BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

Motherhood, I'm learning, is a series of seasons. None of them are truly easy; they're all hard in different ways. We make it through one challenging season only to...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part II

Jan called today. “Ed died Thursday… he is in a better place.” Ed, a retired...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Media’s Monomaniacal Obsession With Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapping

I do not mean to downplay the tremendous tragedy of the kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Neither Apes Nor Monkeys

I read an article from the BBC on February 6 entitled, "Trump says he 'didn't...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a...

Who Knows What Time It Is In Indiana

by Mike Keeler This one takes a little explanation, so hold on.  In 1916, facing energy shortages during World War I, Germany decided to...

Men And Their Cars

by Mary Jo Shannon Automobiles are much more than vehicles to transport us from here to there. Like dogs, they are almost part of...

Recipe of the Week: Cream of Wild Mushroom Soup

by Leigh Sackett I know I have said in this column before but I will say it again -  summer is my favorite season! The...

Mother Monkey and Mother Cat by George C. Anderson

In a lecture I heard a couple of years ago, Dr. Margaret Mills contrasted the two main ways Christians understand grace with an...

The Intricate Geometry of Grief

by Lucky Garvin Just after midnight, the old lady heard her husband in distress. She got up to go to his bedroom, fell at...

Popular Photography: The Immortal Light of Our Age

by Fred First It is late October. The seasonal cycle governs our lives, indoors and out, as summer and autumn morph into one more...