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Chicken noodle soup warms Bev’s Kitchen

By Bev Kauffman Hello from the kitchen! Christmas is over and the new year is fast approaching. Do you celebrate New Year’s Eve? I celebrate by going to bed at the same time as the year before. If you do celebrate, do it safely or call me for a ride home. This is also the cold and flu season, so I thought I’d make some good old fashioned chicken noodle soup. It’s good for what ails you. When I was growing up, we had chicken noodle soup often since we raised our own chickens. My mom would cook a couple chickens, debone them, then save the broth. We often had sweet corn or ...

Maybe Christmas perhaps means just a little bit more!

Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more! There are many Christmas movies that we love and look forward to, but there is one that has become a modern-day classic, and that movie is Elf. It is a holiday tradition for many, and it is no wonder since it is the perfect combination of comedy, feel good, and romance all neatly tied up into a beautiful Christmas package. The movie contains so many iconic quotes, you would be hard pressed to go through the holidays without hearing some repetition. One in particular came to mind recently as I was spending time with my grandchildren. ...

1968: An important year for MC Library

Last week, I wrote about the desire and the need for a new library building because the Redevelopment Authority wanted to level the library at South Brown Street for a parking lot. Additionally, the library in the old Knights of Malta Temple building was, to quote Mrs. Stuckenrath, the librarian, “literally sagging with thousands of books it cannot properly house.” This quote is from a Sentinel article dated Sept. 29, 1968. A library building must be built in such a way that the building is able to support the weight of the books in the library’s collection. A newly built ...

Welcome aboard the JC Library Board of Trustees

Do you believe in the power of libraries and want them to continue to make a difference? Join our board of trustees! In August 2024 we will have two openings on our nine-person board of trustees. We will also have another opening in November. These individuals serve three-year terms (with the option for a second term) and are tasked with strategically placing the library in the community. They do not micromanage the day-to-day happenings but look for ways to cement the library in its community. Here are some examples of what the trustees have accomplished: Began the lifelong learning ...

When God comes to town

Luke 1:26-38,46-56 God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth to speak to a young virgin named Mary. “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” And what was Mary’s response? It was a very human response, she was both troubled and stricken with fear. The fear is understandable, I mean, an angelic being from God was standing right in front of her. But Mary was also troubled by his words because she couldn’t understand how God could so greatly favor a person like herself! Have you ever felt this way? I have. One of the biggest obstacles that gets in the way of ...

Trust that Jesus is always in control

Good morning, friends. This morning, let’s have some baby talk. Luke 1:69,70 tells us: “...and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old.” Zechariah’s song, a Christmas song. When he was prophesied about the “horn of salvation” that God has “raised up,” he was declaring what this little baby in the manger was coming into the world to do...to deal with and defeat our enemies! Just as David said many years earlier, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, ...