What do butterflies, flowers, eggs, bunnies, and an empty cross all have in common? The answer – they all remind us of new life and God’s promises. That’s what springtime is all about, and that’s what Easter is all about too. As a child it was common where I grew up in southern Ohio for […]
My trip to Israel earlier this month was excellent, a nearly perfect expedition with a superb tour guide, an Arab Palestinian Christian Israeli with encyclopedic knowledge and experience of the area, history, and culture. It was a pilgrimage trip with a group from my church, St. John’s up in Davison. We visited as many of […]
Folks love the pizza at Gregg’s Gourmet. For Julia Whitley, however, it can be too much of a good thing. So she wrote them a letter. “Dear Gregg’s Gourmet,” she wrote. “My family and I always go to Gregg’s. I love your pizza and especially your breadsticks. But sometimes I get sick of pizza. I […]
Therrien Keippala of Clarkston, 8, has the chance to represent Michigan in Dance Masters of America, a 10-day dance competition and convention in Anaheim, Calif., this June. But he needs help to get there. “We have to fundraise almost all of the expenses, which are estimated to cost over $6,000 if just Therrien and I […]
My wife and I are privileged to be grandparents now. Both of our grandsons appear to be healthy, but we know that every parent nowadays worries about the health of their children. As a pastor I have several friends who have autistic children. In fact, two families on my staff have autistic children. I know […]
“Good to see you!” I overheard the man’s enthusiastic greeting, as his voice boomed through the halls of our Central Administration building. “Good to be seen!” came the response, with just as much gusto. This unconventional exchange gave me pause, and a smile. It is good to see and be seen. Today, 7,724 students entered […]
Seeing a need at Autumn Ridge of Clarkston Assisted Living, Carolyn Place of Clarkston asked the Independence Township Senior Center Quilting group for help. Answering the call were members Bonnie Herrera and Pat Reeves. Place, whose husband Don was a patient before his death at Autumn Ridge, provided lots of bright cloth to the group […]
Club Create Clarkston learned some basics of basket weaving at their February meeting at Picasso’s Grapevine on Main Street. “This is their first time basket weaving,” said Robert White, one of the art and social club’s founders. Instructor Ethel Gill led the activity. Created in 2015 and meeting every third Monday, they also work on […]
Daughters of the American Revolution, Clarkston’s Sashabaw Plains Chapter, awarded five Good Citizen awards in February to high school seniors in northern Oakland County. The DAR Good Citizen’s Award recognizes dependability, service, leadership and patriotism. Meagan Ruggirello was the awardee from Clarkston High School. She is a leader in the CHS Leadership Program, on the […]
Somebody should do something! Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did […]