New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – GOODBYE, NUCLEAR FAMILY?
On February 17, I eased my body down into my favorite ancient Morris chair to read a newly-delivered glossy magazine. This was last Monday,...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – a respite
For many readers who look forward to our columns by Rev. Bob Johnston ( New
Perspectives: A Senior Moment) and his Historical Society columns that...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – a respite
For many readers who look forward to our columns by Rev. Bob Johnston ( New
Perspectives: A Senior Moment) and his Historical Society columns that...
New Year resolutions made easy
This is a good message for anytime but as we head into a new year and new decade, we thought the following may be...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “It’s not even Sunday!”
On December 24th, almost every church in my little town will hold an evening service---and it’s not even Sunday. What draws the faithful back...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “Hope”
I was on my way to church; clerical collar in place around my neck and a prepared sermon in my head. After backing the...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – ‘This is Us?”
“THIS IS US?”
I know those soggy maple leaves, no longer hidden by snow, remain un-raked. I confess the wind-scattered lawn furniture has not yet...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “STATESMEN OR POLITICIANS?”
“Ask not what you can do for your country;
ask what your country can do for you.”
This twisting of John F. Kennedy’s most powerful sentence...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “GIVING THANKS”
“The tongue has the power of life and death.” (Proverbs 18:21)
This powerful statement from the Hebrew Bible has a special relevance as we celebrate...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – ‘Come from Away’
Admittedly, it does sound like I missed the point by flying to Newfoundland/Labrador on five separate occasions, yet failing to visit a quaint fishing...
