Brian Carson’s beautiful letter about his health and journey with diabetes was heart-wrenching, but he could be a hero for alerting many people. Brian told how he had high glucose but didn’t fix or manage it till bad things happened. Brian, bless you and best of luck. Wayne Loht McClure
With today’s political atmosphere and the rhetoric in the papers, it is hard to know what to believe. But rest assured, it is not as bad as you think. At 82 years of age, I have lived through many crises like the polio epidemic, the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and several presidential assassination attempts (some successful). Also, I can’t remember a time without a war going on somewhere, the Y2K crisis, and recently the climate crisis predicting the polar ice cap completely ice-free in 2014, with our coastal cities flooded and the world destroyed, which did not happen. I ...
Much of the talk about a second daily Pennsylvanian has centered on what it will mean for people who live here. It will give local passengers more options for reaching Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and New York. But those trains run both ways. The schedule will tell us what is actually possible. If it gives passengers several hours in Lewistown before the return trip, tourism officials and local businesses should be ready to take advantage of it. Some passengers may come here intentionally. Others may be looking for somewhere to get off, walk around and break up a longer ...
United Way of Mifflin-Juniata kicked off the 2027 annual fundraising campaign with the 29th Annual Day of Caring on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. Approximately 424 volunteers spent the day painting, landscaping, building and cleaning. This year’s effort helped 42 different non-profit agencies and government entities throughout Mifflin and Juniata! The assistance that agencies receive through Day of Caring is critical. For the volunteer, the experience was uplifting. By giving people the chance to be directly involved, they come away with a great sense of accomplishment because they ...
All of mankind needs forgiveness from God for all have been born as sinners (Ps.51:5, 58:3). There is no one who needs any schooling or education to teach us to do wrong and be disobedient towards God. Our own heart leads us into wickedness and rebellion (Jer.17:9; Gen. 8:21). We are all guilty sinners before God, for by deed, or word, or thought, or imagination we have broken all of His holy laws. There are none who understand or seek God, none that do good (Ps.14:2-3) and what we think to be right before Him is but as filthy rags to Him (Isa. 64:6). But God is a merciful God for He ...
Much of the talk about a second daily Pennsylvanian has centered on what it will mean for people who live here. It will give local passengers more options for reaching Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and New York. But those trains run both ways. The schedule will tell us what is ...
