by design | Jul 17, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I don’t go to movies any more but I do watch them on TV and it’s surprising how many wonderful movies are derived from wonderful books. Alas, so many movies today are full of violence, murder, and mayhem, with just a sprinkling of love thrown in...
by design | Jul 3, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore When I was growing up I attended the Mennonite church. This kindly, conservative group of people were committed to pacifism and also adhered to the literal preaching of Christ to be “in the world” but not “of the world.” They displayed this teaching by...
by design | Jun 19, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore When I was young we moved many times because the rent was always going up. We lived in towns with picturesque names like Paradise, New Holland and Lititiz. But we also lived in towns that had names that sounded questionable–to say the least, such...
by design | May 30, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore At the time of World War 11, I was nine or ten years old. As I walked in my neighborhood I noticed one or two houses with placards in the windows containing the American flag under which were five stars. When I asked my mother what they meant she...
by design | May 22, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore After a sultry summer last year, followed by a glitzy autumn, then by a robust winter (I know, it wasn’t a very robust season), now we just passed the pulsating prom season this spring. And it certainly does pulsate, pulsating with anxious nerves,...
by design | May 15, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I have a devotional book that I read every day called “Trusting In God.” Let me share with you what I read a few days ago. So thought provoking: “Anyone who prays would like to know what kind of God they are praying to. They want to know in what kind of...