John Adams, second President of the United States, made the following entry in his diary on February 22, 1756.

In Proverbs 11:17, we are reminded that our soul is nourished when we are kind, but we destroy ourselves when we are cruel. Proverbs 11:17 is a verse by which to live.

Happy New Year to everyone! We are off and running into 2021.

Ethan Hunt, Jim Phelps, Dan Briggs… these guys were all the ones challenged, if they chose to accept it, a mission to save the world. The familiar theme of Mission: Impossible is so very well known, you can probably hum it.

This is the promised second part from last week’s regarding the 1978 Winslow Oil Fire. Early on a Tuesday morning Jan. 10 there was an explosion and subsequent fire at the Winslow Oil Company facility just off West Grubbs St. It engulfed the entire business and posed a threat to the surround…

As we enter a new year, our lives will bring about many choices to make and our responses to the many temptations that will confront us. Life is full of options. We make them from the earliest years of our life until the day we die.

The Scriptures are filled with God’s wisdom and instruction for living. As we begin a new year, I think about one such nugget of wisdom that God breathed into His word—insight that can transform this new year into the kind of year He desires for you and me.

Is It Really New?

The Bible is our handbook for Christian doctrine and conduct. In Paul’s letter to Titus, you will find instructions that outline what our behavior should be. “But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in p…