Quentin Flagg A child of the 1960s, I am always making references to rock songs and performers in my sermons. Karen, a parishioner at...

Special Promoter's Note: Given some very uncooperative conditions during the week before the performance, I zealously assert that Ka...

photo by Mike Settles I have become quite impressed with Katie Prendergast. When I hosted my Sgt. Pepper Celebration at “Blank...

September 24 is National Punctuation Day. The website celebrating this day describes itself as… “A celebration of the lowly comma, correc...

Kris Brownlee  Though this review focuses on Kris Brownlee’s performance at Ignition Music Garage in Goshen , I would like to point...

art by Jim Gary Phillips On our return from vacation in Lafollette Tennessee on April 28, Sherry and I stopped, as we usually do, a...

Today would be the birthday of my friend Dean Lamb. He passed away September 13, 2013. To honor his memory I offer the following, tak...

13 stars from Betsy Ross flag    As Independence Day approaches I am prompted to consider why it was that our founding fathers, Christ...

I would like to offer a great “thank you” to all who participated toward making my Celebration for the 50 th Anniversary of the Re...

May 4, 1970, began like any other school day for me: A ride on the yellow Blue Bird bus driven my Mr. Stickel, “Reflections of My L...

Image: NASA.gov I remember the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970. It was a comfortably cool, sunny day at Concord Junior High in Elkhart...

My wife, Sherry Borglum, has a wonderful habit of presenting me with gifts prematurely. Whether it is Christmas, Birthday, or anniversar...

There are phrases that articulate a sentiment of futility. Probably the most common is “when hell freezes over”, meaning “that will never h...

    The National Road was an early road project of the Federal government. Work began in 1811. Beginning in Cumberland Maryland and conclud...

   Shari Wagner, Indiana’s Poet Laureate, read poetry last night at Goshen College. A gathering of about forty-five people created ...