Local Opinion

Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” — Luke 5:31–32 (NIV)

Several years ago, I attended a gathering of church leaders and pastors.

Hey high school juniors. This is for you and your parents, grandparents, guardians or foster parents.

Whenever things aren’t going our way relationally, we attempt to utilize some familiar tools to make things better.

“Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.”

Reassembling a broken relationship is a learned skill.

Oh, what a wonderful day it was when once again the Day of Caring descended upon the Southern Indiana Center for the Arts grounds. It is always a day of hard work, but everyone seems to enjoy it. I have volunteered now for 31 years out there and most of those years the Day of Caring always comes through with a wonderful group of volunteers. Several organizations over the years have taken part but the wonderful Cummins gang have carried it out for the last several years.

Music has a way of speaking to and challenging me in ways that few other mediums do.

Are you a boundary spanner, too?

Have you ever noticed how when we encounter relational turmoil, it is typically because the other person sees things their way and we see things the right way?