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Hezekiah and praying | Mark’s Remarks
Hezekiah was the 13th king of Judah and is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus, written in Matthew. He was a righteous king who enacted religious reform in an attempt…
Warming up to cold-weather activities | For Your Health
Maybe it’ll be this week. Maybe next, or the week after. But before long, the weather’s going to make its shift to the consistently colder days of fall and winter.…
A missed opportunity | Ott Observations
Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the U.S. House Speaker position. This is the top leadership position in the House of Representatives, chosen by a majority of the representatives. Prior…
Cartoons | Mark’s Remarks
“That’s something kids today will never know about.” How many times do you say that as you grow older? Michelle and I were talking about cartoons the other day…
Walk and Roll, 1978 | Mark’s Remarks
Last week was “Walk and Roll To School Day.” I don’t know the origin, but I think it’s been around since the late 1990s. Someone asked me if it was…
Lines in the sand | Ott Observations
Mike Bost is our representative in Congress. He has a website which summarizes his positions on a variety of issues. Our country is divided over whether the past presidential election…
Pranktober | Mark’s Remarks
One of the things I’m really going to miss about teaching in a school with a bunch of hooligans is the pranks that usually begin to crop up around this…
Technology and taking things for granted | Mark’s Remarks
I’m trying to remember my early days as a teacher, conjuring up memories of the “hardships” we like to tell stories about when young teachers complain about the internet being…
‘Flora and Son’ | Movie Review
Movie critics and writers often try to sound eloquent and high-brow when reviewing movies. They use metaphors. They compare movie characters to great characters in literature or find correlations between…
Let’s talk baseball | Ott Observations
Part of the beauty of sports is they give us a break from all the stresses of daily life. And in this world of increased polarization, one thing virtually all…