The tiny hands that symbolically broke ground Thursday for Hope House, the pediatric addition to Southwest Christian Hospice, belonged to the very children it will serve.

Hopewell Methodist ministering behind bars

When the original founders of the Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone built a 60' by 40' wooden structure in the 1850s, ministering to incarcerated prisoners was probably not on their list of things to do.

News Briefs

Think there is no difference in the candidates?
By DR. KNOX HERNDON
Pastor

It never ceases to amaze me at the responses I hear from people who say that the presidential candidates are so close in their platforms that we don't have a clear choice.

Balance is important to the Christian life
By DAVID L. CHANCEY
Religion Columnist

In 1982, the people of Rutland, North Dakota, got together and cooked up a 3,591-pound hamburger as part of their centennial festivities. The hamburger was 2.5 inches thick and 16 feet across. The meat donated by local farmers was cooked on a 201-square-foot steel for two hours. At the time, it bested the former Guinness Book of World Records holder by 332 pounds.

'Rainy Days and Sundays'
By MARY JANE HOLT
Contributuing Writer

I thought about apologizing in advance for what I'm about to write today. Then I remembered how easily you and I can toss this paper into the trash, just like we can flip the switch on a radio or television, or turn off our computer, or walk out of a movie theater.

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