What members of Occupy Wall Street really want, in their own words

VINTON TODAY
October 8, 2011 9:31 am

     They are out to change history, those people who are filling Wall Street with their protests about Wall Street, and camping out on the most famous corner in New York City.

Pastor's Blog - Opportunity or Trials

PASTOR JIM BLAIR
October 7, 2011 9:40 am

Today is Oct. 7, 2011.  The sun is shining.  The breeze is cool.  Fall is in the air.  Last Sunday was a day very similar to today.

Steve Jobs and breaking out

VINTON TODAY
October 6, 2011 6:06 am

        I remember the first time I saw a video game in a store. It was called “Breakout.” Similar to the classic Pong game I received for Christmas last year, Breakout allows the player to play by himself.

Pastor's Blog - God Is! Evidence for the existence of the Creator God.

PASTOR ZACH ZAJICEK
September 30, 2011 11:07 am

  Once upon a time, a man and his children walked through the Smithsonian Institute.  They browsed each exhibit slowly, taking in the beauty of the various pieces on display.

1.99 million reasons to discuss ways to improve U.S. media

VINTON TODAY
September 29, 2011 1:09 pm

       Most of you spent a little more time watching TV and reading newspapers earlier this month as America marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

The good old days of TV

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 29, 2011 12:44 pm

Sometimes I have to wonder if there isn't any creativity left in Hollywood, New York or wherever else they film TV shows. At our house, we enjoy a few of the newer shows, like Castle, or The Mentalist, Burn Notice or a new series we found called White Collar.

Pastor's Blog - “What Do We See In That Wondrous Cross?”

REV. MARK URLAUB
September 22, 2011 11:27 pm

In some church traditions, September 14 is observed as Holy Cross Day or “The Triumph of the Cross.”  It is a minor festival but gives opportunity to celebrate the cross as an instrument of redemption and triumph in a way not appropriate during Holy Week, when the emphasis is on the suffering and death of Jesus.

Need a Pint?

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 22, 2011 12:21 pm

Around the holidays, my cousin and I used to joke about our aunts all getting together and comparing health stories.  Usually it would center around testing their blood for Diabetes.

Defining with lines of rhythms and rhymes at OEDILF

VINTON TODAY
September 16, 2011 11:35 am

        The good news about August allergies is that they force me to spend more time inside, which gives me more chances to read.

GOD'S PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO LOVE EACH OTHER

PASTOR LANETTE S. VAN
September 16, 2011 10:42 am

  Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-29 Our heroine, bound hand, foot and every where in between by heavy ropes is tied to a set of railroad tracks.