latest
DEAR ABBY: I’ve been the stepfather of two girls for 18 years. They are 22 and 24 now. My wife and her ex-husband adopted them at birth. When they were 2 and 4, he had an affair and left them for a woman who had two children.
Read more
A friend of mine requested I take the 23rd Psalm and share discussions from others, as well as add my little comments here and there to help clarify this part of the Bible’s book of Psalm in the Old Testament. Writer W Phillip Keller was a sheepherder for a short period of time and wrote the book A SHEPHERD LOOKS AT PSALM 23 to help people see just how we are similar to sheep—with the Shepherd and Master being Jesus Christ.
Read more
East Central University will be open to the public four days a week beginning Monday, June 6, and ending Friday, July 29. The campus will be closed on Fridays during these summer operational hours, including July 29.
Read more
DEAR ABBY: A couple of months ago, I moved from my mother’s into an apartment with a friend I had rekindled a high school friendship with a few years back. The first month in, I noticed she had eaten a few of my freezer meals, so I confronted her about it. She started crying and told me she was waiting for a new debit card in the mail and had limited cash to get her through until the card arrived. I told her she should have said something, and I would have happily let her have some of my food, but for her not to ask was rude because I rely on those freezer meals for quick and easy lunches at work.
Read more
DEAR ABBY: I come from a nice family. My siblings are thoughtful and kind, but one of my brothers is a conversational narcissist. He drones on for hours (if we let him) without asking a single question to engage another person.
Read more
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are retired. A short while ago, a young couple moved in across the street. A few months later, my husband, who does yardwork for neighbors for extra money, started working in theirs. He never charged them for it, and even after they had the equipment to care for their yard, continued working there some of the time.
Read more