Many remain cynical after ten months of a new presidency and bemoan an “affordability crisis.” The writer urges them to count ...

For the past few weeks, several email posts I have received focus on Thanksgiving. Most deal with how we look at life and to ...

Are you stressed or blessed? Think about it. It seems to me that nearly everyone nowadays is overstressed and in a hurry. We have so many things to do every season to get ready for the next one. No ...

THANKSGIVING DAY WILL be the first anniversary of the passing of my mother. It’s been over two years since the passing of our daughter. Thanksgiving is a time for family to gather, to remember our ...

“Count Your Blessings” is one of the most loved hymns. It was written by Johnson Oatman Jr. who wrote some 5,000 hymn texts during his lifetime. Oatman, who was born April 12, 1856, was also engaged ...

Back when I was a kid — so long ago that, if I were as irreverent now as I was then, I would call them "the olden days" — our church often sang a hymn of practical advice. "Count Your Blessings" ...

Looking out upon our nation and world with all its problems, it is easy to give in to despair, anger and self-pity. I came across the following in my archives, which gives me a new perspective (I have ...

Some years ago, our youngest daughter had a clever birthday gift idea. She bought a large dinner plate and with a permanent marker, she wrote many sayings or “dad-isms'' I've repeated over the years.

Fresh facts: For 13 years, Nichols has worked at Count Your Blessings. But when the former owners retired to pursue other interests, she made an offer, and has gone from being an employee to the owner ...

Firefighters used to spend a lot more time fighting fires. In 1980, nearly 30 percent of calls to fire departments pertained to fires. By 2004, only 7 percent did and the absolute number of fires ...

When I was a kid growing up in church, somewhere in the nondenominational era between musty hymnals and laser shows, there was a guy in our congregation named Steve. Steve had a rich, sonorous voice ...