One alcoholic’s story
Robert Castillo, a friend of mine for two decades, is willing to share his story, and I want to be his scribe. Each alcoholic has his/her own story.
Remembering the ‘good ol’ days’
“Do not say, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’
Reader recommends meaningful song
To the editor:
Ensuring first responders get Social Security
By Sen. Sherrod Brown
Manufacturing Month spotlights Ohio’s workforce progress
By Ryan Augsburger
Create your own garden soil
By Melinda Myers
Demanding action from Norfolk Southern
It’s now been more than seven months since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine. By now everyone in Ohio and around the country knows the devastation the company’s negligence has caused in that small, tight-knit community in Columbiana County.
God promises things will get better
How can we call God all loving and merciful when we see so much hurt and suffering in the world? It is not always easy trying to understand God’s goodness, loving kindness, justice and righteousness in a world that seems to be full of sin, death, pain injustice and evil. How can we have a perfect creator and terribly fallen world? Does the problem of evil and suffering nullify the claims of Christianity? No. Suffering and evil in the world does not make God any less loving and gracious. Just because there is evil does not mean that God is the cause of it. The question becomes that if God is not the creator of suffering and pain, who is or what is? At times it seems that God isn’t in control. If he is, didn’t he know this was going to happen? And if he is full of love, why did he let it happen? And before we can answer that question we have to understand our present condition; we live in a fallen world. It is not perfect as it once was. It is no longer a sinless world. It is no longer a paradise. One theologian wrote: “The fact of suffering undoubtedly constitutes the single greatest challenge to the Christian faith.”
Veterans give advice on writing war memoirs
The question I always ask when I teach memoir writing is the following: For whom are you writing? And the next questions involve reasons for writing and the content that will best satisfy you as author as well as your intended audience.
Sports Scene: Fort Loramie to the NWC, not MAC, for now
Any hopes of Fort Loramie joining the Midwest Athletic Conference have been sidelined, as it looks like realignment of small-school conferences in Northwest Ohio has been finalized.
