A Pastor’s Thoughts: The Most Compassionate and Loving Thing
By Pastor Wayne Sibrava, Living Water Baptist Church — The word compassion is defined as a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who…
Editorial
The Old Coot is a drain expert
By Merlin Lessler — I’m a drain expert. No, not the one under the sink, though I can usually fix a clog in that one…
A Pastor’s Thoughts: The Guy That Rose From the Dead
By Pastor Wayne Sibrava, Living Water Baptist Church — In the course of life, there are circumstances and situations that we face that cause us…
TCRM Tales: The Ripple Effect; How TCRM’s Financial Assistance Program Benefits the Entire Community
By Galen Morehead — I’ve been a part of this community for a long time, and I’ve seen us come together to help our neighbors…
The Old Coot is a hypocrite
By Merlin Lessler Medical doctors take the Hippocratic Oath before they begin the practice of medicine. The concept of a code of ethics is generally…
A Pastor’s Thoughts: Following Jesus Takes Guts
By Pastors Carolyn and Bruce Gillette — Recently, one of us (Carolyn) spent some time volunteering at Lions Camp Badger in Spencer— a camp for…
The Old Coot gets a package
By Merlin Lessler — I went out the door the other morning and noticed a package lying on the porch steps. I said to myself,…
A Pastor’s Thoughts: The Bible – The Only Word of God
By Pastor Wayne Sibrava, Living Water Baptist Church — The Bible doesn’t only contain the Word of God. The entire Bible IS the Word of…
The Old Coot isn’t ‘real’
By Merlin Lessler — Real men don’t cry, not when John Wayne was king anyhow. Maybe real men do cry once in a while, but…
A Pastor’s Thoughts: Controversy Yet Clarity
By Pastor Wayne Sibrava, Living Water Baptist Church — The Lord Jesus made many controversial statements, and yet, because He is God, His statements are true….