We are due for a personal awakening
byWe have heard about “them” all our lives. We have used “them” as a verbal foil for our shortcomings, our family’s problems, our society’s…
Glenn Rutherford
Editorial — The poor are with us; let’s help them
byA few years ago a comedian of some national notoriety noted that the problem of homelessness wouldn’t be solved until someone figured out a…
Editorial — Something to be proud of
byIn a mid-summer issue of The Record, reporter Ruby Thomas told the story of Day Spring, the local organization that has provided help and…
Editorial — Sportsmanship in youth sports
byThere are few joys in parenthood that can top watching your son or daughter lace a baseball or softball into a gap in the…
Editorial – Take heart, goodness abounds
byLife can change in an instant. We all know that. One second our lives are rolling along in a normal state — whether that…
At a parish picnic, everybody’s a winner
byThere are few things that capture pure joy as much as the face of a four-year-old who’s just won her first chocolate cake —…
Editorial — On extraterrestrial life
byThe truth is people have been seeing and talking about unidentified flying objects, unidentified anomalous phenomena — flying saucers — for decades. The “modern…
Editorial — It’s OK to feel angry with God
byWe’ve seen it time and time again, people crawling from their tornado-splintered home and thanking God that they’re still alive. Others praise God for…
Editorial — No one is immune to gun violence
byNearly six years ago, an editorial in The Record decried the nation’s escalating gun violence. It noted that nearly every day in the United…
Editorial — Pay attention and keep the faith
by“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;He leadeth me beside the still waters.He restoreth my…