By RABBI IRWIN WIENER Guest Columnist In ancient writings we are instructed to remember that a person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing that he might have enjoyed but did not. Not for sins or...
By Rev. Susan Wilmot Guest Columnist I pretty much grew up with Kim Casali’s cute single frame “Love is….” cartoon. About the time the movie “Love Story” was released with the tag line “Love means never having to...
By BEV TARPLEY Guest Writer Don’t miss the June 2019 TNT (Tuesday Nights Together) series. The events take place every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Lindsay Hall at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church, 9248 E. Riggs Road. Everyone is...
By RABBI IRWIN WIENER Guest Columnist Fifty years ago a song was introduced that became an instant hit. It’s title, “What the World Needs Now.” It caught on for several reasons, but I believe, the words ring true today,...
By PASTOR JEAN NEWELL Guest Writer Show time! After weeks of rehearsals, actors with broken legs, and a script rewrite to include the use of crutches, it was production time. Family and friends gathered in the school cafeteria as...
By Rabbi Irwin Wiener Guest Columnist In an instant we are here and in another instant we are not. Some call it the journey of life — it is the most common expression. However, life, as we know it, can be more than a...
By Lynne Hartke Guest Columnist A saguaro ladened with three-inch creamy blossoms beckons me closer, but the fifteen-foot main portion of the giant makes taking photos of the flowers on the crown difficult. For me, the blooming...
By PASTOR JEAN NEWELL Guest Writer Silently, tears streamed down her face. “I miss him so much,” she said softly. “I don’t know what to do with myself these days.” Sometimes the death of a loved one comes after an...
By RABBI IRWIN WIENER, Guest Columnist “O God, keep not your silence; hold not your peace, and be not still O God. For lo your enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate you have lifted up their head. They hold crafty...
By Rabbi Irwin Wiener Guest Columnist How many times have we listened to someone but really never heard what was said? Words are so important in everything we do. Relationships depend on words. And all too often we say things we...