Looking back on my high school and college graduations, I can see just how important those moments were. I didn’t fully get it at the time, but graduation really is a big deal. It marks the end of one chapter and the start of another. Right now, a lot of students and families are standing ...
Bill Curwick graduated from Marshall High School in 1968 before enlisting and training as an Army Combat Engineer. He deployed to Vietnam in November 1970, serving first with the 26th Engineer Battalion at Chu Lai. Bill extended his tour and the Army reassigned him to Engineer Company ...
My friends, we are soon entering my favorite season of the liturgical calendar: Pentecost! Oh, I know that probably doesn’t sound very Lutheran of me. After all, as a protestant denomination, we are pretty Christ-centered. And deservedly so! But I’ve always loved the Holy Spirit. ...
Alcohol is the only commodity that has not one, but two U.S. constitutional amendments, the 18th Amendment, passed in 1919, that enacted federal Prohibition and the 21st Amendment that repealed it in 1933. The 21st Amendment gave states explicit power to regulate and tax alcohol within their ...
Through the gin clear waters of Memorial Day weekend came the first of a handful of early morning walleyes. The deep golden sides of one I brought up shimmered in the rising sun which had just crested the eastern shore’s greening treetops as it slid across the surface and into the black ...
At this time of the year, we are reminded to not forget. However, we must extend that to say we must not forget the entire year. There are many things that happen in our daily lives that we shouldn’t forget about, but allow me to focus on these few thoughts. Let us never forget to honor ...