Category: Editorials

I consider myself to be a genuinely thankful person. Often, when people ask me how I am doing, my response is usually, “I woke up this morning, it’s a good day ……

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist During the fearful hours of our country’s peril, of the early 1860’s, a Congressman from Ohio, Alexander Long, proclaimed his deliberate convictions about State’s Rights. In his…

On the day this column runs, I will be a fresh UWF graduate! There has been a lot of work put in to get to this point, and next year I will…

Everybody knew. The woman had been married five times. To add to her scandalous reputation, the man she was now living with wasn’t her husband. Her neighbors wanted nothing to do with…

NPR is a well-known acronym that stands for National Public Radio. The key term here is “public,” meaning that NPR receives public or taxpayer money for part of its financial support. NPR…

Daniel is eight and Carter is 12. From the time Daniel’s feet hit the ground, he’s been following behind his big brother. They shared a room for the first six years of…

James has been writing to Christians about being tested. One type of testing will produce endurance and life, while another type of testing will produce sin and destruction. James wants to make…

One of the many things I looked forward to when I was looking to move to Madison from a much more “urban” area was a greater abundance of “peace and quiet.” I…

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist For those old enough to remember the “peace symbol” and bell bottoms, it’s time to recognize they are pretty much gone. Look around! Where are they? The…

Today I would like to discuss the quote, “God gives his toughest challenges to his strongest soldiers.” This is always something that I live by and I think that a lot of…

“I’m here today to apologize for the personal mistakes I’ve made and the embarrassment I’ve caused my family and community … I’m announcing my resignation from Congress …” We’ve heard far too many…

When engaging or escalating a war, the national command authorities must do so with purpose. Fundamental to this pre-war analysis is to determine what is the purpose of the conflict; what are…

Daniel spent Saturday with a friend. When they dropped him off, he entered through the backdoor and went about his evening. Sunday morning, we walked onto the front porch toward the car…

Most of you probably have realized by now that I tend to be a positive person. That is especially true when it comes to our weekly visits. As often as I can,…

Churches are made up of rich and poor people. James says the poor Christian needs to have pride in their “high position.” The rich Christian needs to be humble because his riches,…

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist What’s going on at the grocery store? The container is shrinking in size, and the package cost more. It’s called downsizing, says the March 2, 2024 New…

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! I am writing this on the day of Easter, so I am still in the midst of celebrating that empty tomb. We didn’t have any…

Standing there before God and man, I grasped my soon-to-be-husband’s hands tightly. “I need to confess something, Bert. I haven’t quite mastered 1 Corinthians 13:5 yet. So, maybe I’d be more honest…

One of my pet peeves are elitists, people that think they’re better in some way or every way than the rest of us. It seems like a preponderance of these people are…

How many times have we chosen to be the person behind the camera because there is something about ourselves we don’t like in pictures? Maybe we need to shed some weight, or…