Month: October 2019

                                                                                                                       By JERRY H. GILL Young people today may not realize that those of us who are now old-timers were once young people.  As such, we often committed many foibles of our own.  I clearly remember two instances when I was involved in making something of a fool of myself only to have it turn out for the good. I played basketball all through my youth. When I was in high school, I played on the junior varsity team, and one of our games ended in a tie.  As the varsity teams were eager to get their game under way, our game was decided by “sudden death.” That meant whichever team scored first would be the winner. At the beginning of the overtime period, the ball came directly to ...

Story and photo  By ELLIANA KOPUT Shelly Emerson, a Pima Community College student, offers the gift of spiritual reminder through optimism, critical thinking, and creativity. As Emerson put it: Romans 12:6 tells us, “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.” Her book “Spiritual Mazes & Puzzles” was released in February 2017. The book contains handcrafted mazes with deep scriptural ties. Each puzzle takes the participant on a journey through a biblical lesson, some with multiple starts or endings and some with none at all.  Emerson has been a follower of God her whole life. Growing up in Minnesota, she experienced symptoms of epilepsy throughout her childhood. She received a formal diagnosis in 1971.  “I remember after I had a seizure, my mom said ... d...