Archive for July 2020
Independence Day: A time to pray and turn
There has been something I have been pondering for quite some time. I sense you are thinking about the same. The divisive state of our country. The visceral political division, the fact that most news is editorial opinion based on lies and half truths, the fact that people who have been friends for years have ended their…
Read MoreThe Farm Chronicles: July 4th at Myrtle Beach
It was the July 4, 1967 week when we took our annual beach vacation with the Heft’s to Myrtle Beach, SC. But it was haying season. Bill and Martha Heft and their daughters Jean and Nancy lived on a small farm down the road from us. We had our hay to get in the barn…
Read MoreThe Compound Blessing
As America begins to celebrate Independence Day with cook outs and family meals, please take some time to read this report from the other side of the world by Pastor William Agbeti. He writes: “The need for nutritious meals by underserved children and parents in Ghana, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, is becoming increasingly overwhelming.…
Read MoreTrying to understand
As an investigative reporter, I have often taken very tough issues and tried to boil them down to their crux. This Daily Jot is an attempt to walk you through some of my process on racial issues as I tried to understand what people mean by systemic racism in America. As Christians, we are called…
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