Adopting A Brother

Adopting A Brother

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. By Robert Scott My name is Belle, and my human companion Robert Scott told me it’s my turn to write our column […]

A First Look at Jesus and the Woman of Sychar

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. By Sigrid Fowler ​The subject is too broad to deal with in a few hundredwords. One sweep could hardly touch the surface. In a well-known encounter, Jesus talks to a Samaritan […]

Barnyard Politics

Barnyard Politics

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. By Blaney Pridgen That we have different realities is the only reality.  Our individual perceptions of reality are conditioned by our […]

Rethinking the Border Crisis

Rethinking the Border Crisis

By Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. It’s common to hear, stoked in particular by those wanting to change the political focus from the Trump administration’s scandals and the January […]

A Profile in Courage

A Profile in Courage

By Blaney Pridgen All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. As best as I can remember, I was fifteen or sixteen.  Dad and I were on the way […]

BOO!?!

By Linda Nidiffer All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. What happened to Halloween?  Tom and I have been reminiscing the last few days about Halloween when we were […]

What’s In Your Wallet?

By Linda Nidiffer All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. Seriously, what is in your wallet?  I have my driver’s license, some credit cards, my insurance cards, some old […]

A Bluegrass State of Mind

A Bluegrass State of Mind

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. By Blaney Pridgen Every now and then, even a blind hog finds an acorn.  My wife received the following fable from […]

The Love of Jesus

By Sigrid Fowler All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. ​Of all the children’s songs kids learn in Sunday school or summer Bible school, “Jesus Loves me” may be the best known—”Yes, Jesus loves […]

High School Civics

High School Civics

By: Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. “Kids these days don’t know anything about Civics. Back in my day, everybody had to pass Civics in […]

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