Know Your Craft: Beer an essential ingredient to island life
No matter the beer in hand, it probably will taste pretty good if on a snorkel or other adventure while vacationing in the Caribbean.But, beyond the scenic views, the beer experience itself can be...
View ArticleLooking Up: Enjoying March’s evening sky
Stargazing on a March evening offered a rare window into the vastness of the Universe of which we are a part. Without even leaving the backyard, or even the deck, before me lay grand vistas of stars...
View ArticleHow a church transforms immigrants and immigrants transform a church
The Catholic Church in America serves as a microcosm of how immigration changes the face of faith. Foreign-born believers are a growing share of worshippers and leaders in many of America's faith...
View ArticleReligions that survived because of historical military conquests
In pre-modern times, religion and warfare were often closely connected, and this connection has had a major impact on world history as well as on the world we know today.
View ArticleIt Is What It Is: The blessing of grandparents
With the exception of losing my dad when I was 10-years-old, I've really always felt like I had a charmed childhood. And while I know that it probably seems odd to say, in spite of such a big loss,...
View ArticleReligious outreach at the State Department in flux under Trump administration
Staff cuts are coming for the State Department, and a variety of key religion-related positions remain vacant.
View ArticleMusic and the Spoken Word: Designing a life
Perhaps the most beautiful and most satisfying life we could possibly design for ourselves is one in which our passion is the needs and the happiness of others.
View ArticleThe Mom Stop: Still earning those Southern badges
My husband often roamed the woods as a kid with his brother near their south Georgia suburban home.They'd play robbers or build a fort, explore nearby ponds and enjoy being outside. But when they heard...
View ArticleShayne Looper: Is it possible to say anything true about God?
Do a Google search for God and you'll have over one-and-a-half trillion results to wade through. People think and talk a lot about God.What they mean when they talk about him, though, is not always...
View ArticleDr. Elaine Heffner: The end of childhood?
The late educator and cultural critic Neil Postman, author of "The Disappearance of Childhood," described our concept of childhood as a modern phenomenon connected to the invention of the printing...
View ArticleBook Notes: Banks and the new middle class
"The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives" By Lisa Servon. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston/New York, 2017. 250 pages. Hardcover $27. E-book available.Americans' financial health is...
View ArticleOscar Mayer Wienermobile lands in Gonzales
After making its way across the country, the iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile made a pit stop in Gonzales last week at the Rouses on Airline Highway.Wienermobile pilots John Craft and Mayra Martinez, or...
View ArticleAARP Chapter 1449 Pays Tribute to Black History Month
There were 53-Members of AARP Chapter 1449 in attendance on Feb. 24, 2017, for the annual Black History Month celebration.The members spoke of important people and events in African American History,...
View ArticleAsk Lisa: Silicone pans create more-level cake layers
Q: I have been watching "The Great British Baking Show." Their cakes always bake with a nice flat top, not domed. Is it the ingredients, cake pans, or ovens? I would like to achieve the same results.—...
View ArticleBreaking Bread: Arrival of spring means local produce arrives soon
With spring's arrival on March 20, I am doing a happy dance.My thoughts at this time of year turn to spring vegetables, gardens and baskets of produce from farmers markets.Then, of course, I have to...
View ArticleLost in Suburbia: The Sniffling, Sneezing, Coughing, But I’m Not Really...
When I woke up, I felt fine. However, by noon, one side of my nose was stuffed up. And by dinner time, I had a full blown, eye-watering, nose-dripping, knock-the-dog-over-with-my-sneezes head...
View ArticleNetworx: We rate 8 home maintenance hacks Hit or Miss?
In the last few years, everybody's become a hacker. No, they're not busting into computers and stealing state secrets. They're up to something even more sinister — persuading you to take an everyday...
View ArticleSimply Faithful: Clearest way to see
She has always known me best, this best friend of mine. For years she has picked out my music, recommended some of my favorite authors and sent me gifts I cherish. The retro journal. The cigar box...
View ArticleMayor Arceneaux has annual day at the races
Gonzales Mayor Barney Arceneaux was re-elected to his third term as mayor on January 2, 2017, but campaigning is a full-time job. Arceneaux said it takes about $80,000 to run for mayor of Gonzales....
View ArticleSouth Louisiana Crawfish Boil, Craft & Car Show coming to Lamar April 8
Local television show host Rodney Dupuy is hosting his annual South Louisiana Crawfish Boil, Craft & Car Show at Lamar Dixon Expo Center on April 8 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. [...]
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