Archive for category: Lifestyle
Dan Domsic / April 27, 2013 11:07 pm
Commentary by Mike Colaw Sitting in my office recently, I was preparing to answer a question asked by Dr. Drury out of Wesley Seminary, “Who is Jesus Christ for us today?” He was referencing Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s famous question he asked of the churches during the darkest days of the Nazi regime. While I was preparing to reflect on this, breaking [...]
Dan Domsic / April 2, 2013 1:18 pm
By Mike Colaw A number of years ago, after I had finished my undergraduate degree in philosophy and religion, I found myself in a sea of religious perspectives, wave after wave of authors and professors pushing their viewpoints. I felt like I was on a raft in a sea of spiritual ideologies, barely staying afloat. In fact, one night I looked at [...]
Dan Domsic / March 8, 2013 3:38 pm
By Mike Colaw When I was young, I had allergies and asthma. It really wasn’t too severe, nothing that kept me from playing sports or camping with the family. Like most kids I grew out of it. The doctor I went to as a kid would often prescribe prednisone and antibiotics, “just to keep infection at bay.” Honestly, it felt [...]
Dan Domsic / February 12, 2013 6:34 pm
by Jordan Fischer There are a lot of ways to use the versatile comma. Today, we’ll be talking about a common way to misuse it: comma splices. The basic function of a comma is to create a pause in the pace of reading. Pauses are often used when listing items, when offering additional, non-essential details or when combining two independent [...]
Dan Domsic / February 5, 2013 10:00 am
By Mike Colaw Because of my vocational role, my office can be an interesting place. I have a front and center view of marriages falling apart, addicts searching for hope and relief, and parents pleading for help with a wayward child, all from my worn out old leather office chair. If you haven’t noticed, life can be really hard sometimes. [...]
Dan Domsic / January 24, 2013 3:16 pm
Commentary by Mike Colaw I am a parent. Sometimes I am not entirely certain I am all that good at it, but all the same, I am one. It is my job to help shape a few young minds. Scary, I know. Right now it’s easy stuff. Don’t touch a hot burner, look both ways when crossing the street and [...]
Jordan Fischer / January 16, 2013 12:14 am
Question: After the “myself” issue – how about “her and me” or “him and I?” And as another issue, why on earth do sportscasters refer to past events in the present tense? – Nancy Blackwell Answer: Since there are football games going on all around me as I try to write this column, I think I’ll tackle your second question [...]
Mike Colaw / January 8, 2013 10:15 pm
Why do I still love Jeremiah 29:11 so much, even though it is so often wrongly used out of context? “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” The other day my youngest child was in the car and wanted out. [...]
Mike Colaw / December 26, 2012 12:09 am
Man’s deepest fulfillment came in a manger. Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” For the first time, that verse hit me in a new way. Faith is substance – it is evidence, like a clue at a crime scene, an archeologist making a discovery in a desert, or a [...]
admin / December 26, 2012 12:07 am
Question: Which is correct: I was born “at” Carmel or I was born “in” Carmel? I have always said in, but while looking at genealogy information I have noticed many records say born at. – Carol Fridlin, Carmel Answer: I’m glad you brought up genealogy in your question, Carol. Just as those historical records show the growth and changes to our [...]
