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OWOSSO — After self-publishing six Christian romance and women’s fiction books, starting in 2015, Melissa Wardwell came close to giving up on writing a couple of years ago.
Fifty-six years ago, the Palm Sunday tornado swept through the Midwest, doing enormous damage. Actually, it was a weather event, not just a single tornado. Over a period of 40 hours April 11-12, the outbreak spawned 55 tornadoes. It started in Cedar County, Iowa, and continued to Cuyahoga Co…
OWOSSO — Several Easter-related events and services are planned by Owosso-area Methodist churches.
OWOSSO — A drive-thru food pantry takes place from 5 to 6 p.m. each Wednesday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 720 S. Shiawassee St.
OWOSSO — Stronghold Quartet, of the Howell/Fowlerville area, will present a concert for the mid-Michigan Community Christian Singles at 7 p.m. Saturday at Grace Bible Church, 216 Michigan Ave.
When George Washington put Rufus Putnam in charge of the defenses at Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston Harbor early in the Revolutionary War, Putnam had never read a book on military engineering and felt ill-equipped to accept the task.
As I was running some errands the other day, I noticed a car sitting alongside the highway. Its right front fender was damaged. A few yards south, a pickup truck sat alongside the highway with a damaged left rear section. It appeared to be a very fresh accident.
Did you know that one of our American presidents served under George Washington and served with Abraham Lincoln? For a time, he lived with Benjamin Franklin. According to biographer Harlow Giles Unger, this distinguished president, in his younger years, lunched with Lafayette, Jefferson, and…
CHESANING — The congregations of Trinity United Methodist Church, Racy Free Methodist Church, New Wine Full Gospel Church and Oakley Community Church are uniting for 40 days of prayer, from Ash Wednesday until Palm Sunday.
As a boy, Abraham Lincoln was “gifted with an exceptionally intelligent, clear, and inquisitive mind,” according to Doris Kearns Goodwin in her book, “Leadership in Turbulent Times.”
LAINGSBURG — In observance of Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, the Laingsburg United Methodist Church, 210 Crum St., is providing multiple ways for people to participate in services, as well as the ceremonial placement of ashes, traditionally done in the form of a cross on a person’s forehead.
OWOSSO — The Community Christian Singles group is hosting its monthly program at 7 p.m. today at Grace Bible Church, 210 Michigan Ave.
A man planning to travel abroad had been warned by several friends that he needed to be careful and especially wary of pickpockets in a certain city he planned to visit.
I feel a little sorry for February. It’s the shortest of the months, with only 28 days, except for Leap Year when we add a day.
This week we witnessed the peaceful transfer of power from one presidential administration to another. I like the theme of the inauguration—“a more perfect union.”
Martin Luther King Jr. had a message more than six decades ago that is especially relevant to us today.
Before we travel any further into the New Year, let me go on record as choosing to be optimistic about 2021! I know what you’re thinking. It’s easy to be optimistic about the New Year when 2020 was so bad in such an unprecedented way. Yes, a global pandemic is unprecedented in our lifetimes.
One of my favorite little poems to recite at the beginning of a New Year is this: “The New Year lies before you like a spotless tract of snow; be careful how you tread it, for every mark will show.”
OWOSSO — SUMMERPraise! has been a highly anticipated Sunday night gospel music series since 1998, organizers said in their year-end summary.
New house. New wireless provider. New router.
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OWOSSO — Area churches will be celebrating Christmas much differently than in other years because of the COVID-19 pandemic: Safety will be a major priority — especially in the face of a recent uptick in coronavirus cases throughout the state.
Did you hear about the little boy who had the assignment to play the part of an angel in the Christmas play at church?
Henrietta Haas was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1929. The Nazis began exerting influence in Austria, and it became especially difficult for those who were Jewish, like the Haas family. For their own safety, they emigrated to the United States in the 1930s. Henrietta graduated high school, stu…
We were homeless; fortunately, it was just for 24 hours or so.
As we begin Advent, we begin to think about the baby who was born in Bethlehem, lay in a manger, and grew up to become the savior.
I hope your heart is filled with gratitude at this Thanksgiving season. This has been an unprecedented year for most of us. Most have never dealt with a pandemic on the order of this one. Yet I hope, if I were to ask, you could name many things for which you are grateful.
Jackie Davis tells about an evening when she and her daughter Jessie sat together in their squeaky rocker. Sometimes they sang songs or read a book, but that particular evening, her heart was not in it.
Have you noticed newlyweds don’t always have to communicate with words? They look into each other’s eyes and their loving gaze speaks volumes.
I grew up in West Virginia. I almost said, “In the hills of West Virginia,” but my hometown was on the Ohio River, so hills around our city were minor compared to the mountains on the east side of the state.
Charles Colson went to prison in 1974 as a result of investigations into the Watergate affair that eventually toppled Richard Nixon’s presidency.
Gary Sinise is an actor who rose to national fame when he took on the role of “Lieutenant Dan” in the 1994 movie, Forest Gump. In the motion picture, Forest Gump rescued Gary Sinise’s character in Vietnam, but later in the movie, Lieutenant Dan showed up in a wheelchair, having lost his legs…
Nine-year-old Russell Capper had a great idea. Why not have a day to honor grandparents? He believed in it so much that he wrote a letter to President Richard Nixon, suggesting a National Grandparents Day.
Some clever man said, “I’m not afraid of work; I can sit right down beside it and go to sleep.”
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OWOSSO — St. Paul Catholic School officials, parents and students had two reasons to celebrate Monday: the first day of school and a new school building.
The following story is true; names have been changed to protect the guilty!
OWOSSO — The SUMMERPraise! concert season concludes at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Don and Metta Mitchell Amphitheater, 229 N. Water St., with The Sheldon Family.
Late in 1939, the Soviet Union finalized its plan to invade Finland. It planned to annex the smaller country, but did not count on such stiff resistance from the Finns.
OWOSSO TWP. — A group for those experiencing grief over the loss of a loved one will begin Sept. 9 at the Owosso First Church of the Nazarene, 1865 S. M-52.
Abert Einstein became famous because of a formula he wrote. Obviously, research, careful observation, and massive analysis went into constructing the formula.
OWOSSO — Area churches will be celebrating Christmas much differently than in other years because of the COVID-19 pandemic: Safety will be a major priority — especially in the face of a recent uptick in coronavirus cases throughout the state.
Did you hear about the little boy who had the assignment to play the part of an angel in the Christmas play at church?
Henrietta Haas was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1929. The Nazis began exerting influence in Austria, and it became especially difficult for those who were Jewish, like the Haas family. For their own safety, they emigrated to the United States in the 1930s. Henrietta graduated high school, stu…
We were homeless; fortunately, it was just for 24 hours or so.
As we begin Advent, we begin to think about the baby who was born in Bethlehem, lay in a manger, and grew up to become the savior.
I hope your heart is filled with gratitude at this Thanksgiving season. This has been an unprecedented year for most of us. Most have never dealt with a pandemic on the order of this one. Yet I hope, if I were to ask, you could name many things for which you are grateful.
Jackie Davis tells about an evening when she and her daughter Jessie sat together in their squeaky rocker. Sometimes they sang songs or read a book, but that particular evening, her heart was not in it.
Have you noticed newlyweds don’t always have to communicate with words? They look into each other’s eyes and their loving gaze speaks volumes.
I grew up in West Virginia. I almost said, “In the hills of West Virginia,” but my hometown was on the Ohio River, so hills around our city were minor compared to the mountains on the east side of the state.
Charles Colson went to prison in 1974 as a result of investigations into the Watergate affair that eventually toppled Richard Nixon’s presidency.
Gary Sinise is an actor who rose to national fame when he took on the role of “Lieutenant Dan” in the 1994 movie, Forest Gump. In the motion picture, Forest Gump rescued Gary Sinise’s character in Vietnam, but later in the movie, Lieutenant Dan showed up in a wheelchair, having lost his legs…
Nine-year-old Russell Capper had a great idea. Why not have a day to honor grandparents? He believed in it so much that he wrote a letter to President Richard Nixon, suggesting a National Grandparents Day.
Some clever man said, “I’m not afraid of work; I can sit right down beside it and go to sleep.”
OWOSSO — St. Paul Catholic School officials, parents and students had two reasons to celebrate Monday: the first day of school and a new school building.
The following story is true; names have been changed to protect the guilty!
OWOSSO — The SUMMERPraise! concert season concludes at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Don and Metta Mitchell Amphitheater, 229 N. Water St., with The Sheldon Family.
Late in 1939, the Soviet Union finalized its plan to invade Finland. It planned to annex the smaller country, but did not count on such stiff resistance from the Finns.
OWOSSO TWP. — A group for those experiencing grief over the loss of a loved one will begin Sept. 9 at the Owosso First Church of the Nazarene, 1865 S. M-52.
Abert Einstein became famous because of a formula he wrote. Obviously, research, careful observation, and massive analysis went into constructing the formula.
Ever wonder why you feel tired at the end of the day?
OWOSSO — The SUMMERPraise! concert season continues Sunday at the Don and Metta Mitchell Amphitheater, 229 N. Water St. at 7:30 p.m. with Souls Harbor, from Milan.
CORUNNA — The Shiawassee County Sheriff’s Office announced it is planning to conduct a basic church security training session Sept. 12.
You’ve been there, right, dragged to a concert you didn’t want to attend?
Courtesy Image The logo for Owosso First Church of the Nazarene's vacation Bible school program is shown.
OWOSSO TWP. — Families can travel back to biblical times and learn about Daniel’s courage in captivity — without having to leave their cars.
OWOSSO — The SUMMERPraise! concert series continues Sunday when Justified Quartet takes the Don and Metta Mitchell Amphitheater stage at 7:30 p.m.
You have probably heard of Eric Liddell, the Flying Scot, who refused to run on Sunday at the 1924 Olympics. The motion picture, “Chariots of Fire,” featured his story. He went to China as a missionary.
CORUNNA — The Shiawassee County Health Department is warning people who attended a recent fireworks show at a church in Corunna that they likely were exposed to COVID-19.
I understand that some people want to tear down certain statues and monuments that are offensive because of what they represent.
OWOSSO — Christian musicians Mike Reath and Lynn Webster will share a potpourri of gospel songs at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Oakley Community Church, 327 S. Main St.
OWOSSO TWP. — After a long and successful career, the Rev. Jerry Walden retired a couple of years ago — but it didn’t take.
Football is important to the people of Alabama. I didn’t catch at which school this happened, but they like to tell about a game in which the teams were mismatched. One team had big bruisers on the line, while the other team had players that, well, didn’t quite measure up.
Earlier this year, a Catholic priest published a book entitled “Mercy: What Every Catholic Should Know,” focusing on doctrine and discipleship issues that ordinarily would not cause controversy.
No doubt about it: Someone will have to negotiate a ceasefire someday between the Sexual Revolution and traditional religious believers, said Justice Anthony Kennedy, just before he left the U.S. Supreme Court.
CORUNNA — The Corunna Church of the Nazarene, 230 N. Woodworth St., invites music lovers to the 5 p.m. June 28 Sunday evening service as Stronghold Quartet shares “Freedom,” the group’s seventh CD.
A young lawyer, practicing in Washington, D.C., and Maryland, worked to negotiate the release of prisoners during the War of 1812. These efforts led him to dine with British Prisoner Exchange Agent Colonel John Stuart Skinner aboard the British ship HMS Tonnant on the evening of Sept. 13, 18…
“The only constant in life,” said the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, “is change.”
The headline read, “Final Words from Fallen Warriors.” The article that followed told the story of soldiers who wrote to their families within days of their death.
OWOSSO TWP. — Catholic Charities has partnered with Good360 and Toys for Tots to help provide toys and games to children and families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Have you heard people talking about the “new normal?”
I read somewhere that when Napoleon Bonaparte became emperor — a title he claimed for himself — he loved the pomp and glory.
Jesus cautioned his followers against excessive worry. Knowing how prone humans are to worry about things we can’t control, he reminded them: “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable…
Historians tell us the Battle of Trafalgar was the most famous battle of British Admiral Lord Nelson’s career. It came in October 1805 off the coast of Cape Trafalgar, Spain. The combined fleets of France and Spain sought to control the English Channel in order to give Napoleon access to inv…
HAZELTON TWP. — The Juddville United Methodist Church is offering three agricultural scholarships for Shiawassee County student taking part in 4-H or FFA.
In these days of social distancing and isolation, families are closer than ever. Or are they?
OWOSSO — St. John’s United Church of Christ volunteers are adjusting their longtime routine of providing food to hungry and homeless people during the COVID-19 situation by distributing pre-packaged breakfasts outside the church on Saturday mornings.
We all make typographical errors now and then. Our fingers hit the wrong keys and words come out misspelled. How many times has “united” turned out to be “untied”? It wasn’t a political statement to refer to the Untied States instead of the United States. Just a typo.
I have been thinking this week about the “serenity prayer.” You know, the one that says, “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”
OWOSSO — St. Phillip Lutheran Church is canceling its Easter Bake Sale, originally scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 4, due to the coronavirus.
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