by Joe Rector | Dec 23, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Merry Christmas! I hope yours will be a fabulous one. As far as I’m concerned, any Christmas spent with loved ones is good. Maybe the gifts aren’t just right, or maybe “the little lights are twinkling,” but the traditions that we all follow each...
by Joe Rector | Dec 16, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Young folks have always faced plenty of temptations in life. They are things that help individuals to live and choose and learn. Sure, not having to face temptations would make existence easier, but without them, persons don’t have the chance to mature...
by Joe Rector | Dec 9, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Okay, Thanksgiving is over, so it is now permissible, maybe even legal in some states, for folks to put up Christmas lights, inflatable characters, and trees. Of course, places like Walmart and Home Depot stocked their shelves with these things around...
by Joe Rector | Dec 2, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector If a person lives long enough, he can find himself smack dab in the middle of bunches of different folks. With a little luck, he might even build relationships and friendships with folks in those groups. From first grade to retirement, those people make...
by Joe Rector | Nov 25, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I taught English for 30 years. During that time, I corrected students’ grammatical mistakes and writing errors. Sometimes, they filled essays with flowery language or words which they couldn’t define. While I always believed that expanding a student’s...
by Joe Rector | Nov 18, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’m not about to enter an argument about the benefits of technology in our lives. That argument would be voided by the fact that I’m using the thing about which I rail to write my rant. So, instead of downing these wonders of modern life, I’ll recall how...
