BY JAN WIEBE First Mennonite Church was a co-sponsor of The Ohio Innocence Tour that stopped in Lima on October 11th. The purpose of the tour was to heighten awareness of the movement to repeal the death penalty and to support the bipartisan bills before Ohio’s House and Senate. Three...

BY FRED STEINER Someone told me the trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off. For me, in exploring this curious time of life, comes a feeling of satisfaction. Here’s another way of looking at it. You’ve watched the movie featuring an archeologist, who in his retirement,...

BY PHIL YODER I love rollercoasters - and have since I rode my first one as a 5 or 6-year-old. My love for them today is rooted in my childhood, but my excitement for them today remains just as passionate. I have had a recurring dream most of my life...