Guest Column was submitted by Anna Tinnerello, Intake/Assessment Supervisor at Marion County Children Services. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) has selected Marion County Children Services in the 2012 expansion of Ohio’s Differential Response Program. Based on the results of a successful Supreme Court of Ohio and ODJFS pilot project, the recently […]

This week, I was preaching on the importance of Christian Community through local church bodies. You will find the full talk on my web-site at www.tomhypes.com but this part is something I get asked about often so I thought I’d break it out as a blog. What do you do if you do not find […]

Guest Column written by Pam Stone, Executive Director of United Way of Marion County The United Way of Marion County believes that we all win when everyone in our community thrives. It’s up to all of us to work together to ensure that youth start and graduate from school on time, families have the tools […]

Today I had a former client learn a potentially harsh lesson – letting a domain name expire can come back to bite you. This could mean viruses, pornography, scams, and more all under the disguise of your name. Hopefully you can learn something from their experience of letting a domain name expire. I won’t name […]

Guest Column written by State Representative Jeff McClain The last year has been a busy one in the state legislature, but I am confident that the long hours are yielding positive results. From the beginning of the 129th General Assembly, House Republicans have been committed to reassessing the government’s role in the private sector in […]

There is a video circulating called “Why I Hate Religion but Love Jesus”. You can see it here…. As I watched it, I started scrolling through the comments on the You Tube page to see how different people were reacting to it. When I did I noticed two things; how many people were commenting in […]

It’s always interesting when Christmas falls on a Sunday…. What does a church do? Do they still have services in the morning because that’s their tradition? Do they switch to another time feeling guilty that they are putting “family time” over “God time”? Do they cancel and do the whole service on DVD for people […]

Got a flyer from “Care for Pastors” the other day and it had some statistics about pastors that I thought others might be interested in. When I used to get things like this before I was a pastor, I thought they were a stretch. Now after more than 10 years and meeting and talking with […]

Guest Column written by Jodi Fidler, Foster and Adoptive Parent with Marion County Children Services I’m going to begin my letter with a true story that may leave you wondering what this has to do with November being Adoption Awareness Month. Hopefully by the time I close, it will come together. This past spring, my […]

This weekend is Nation Donor Sabbath and we are celebrating this at our church this Sunday in a unique way! We are blessed to be hosting one of the Lifeline of Ohio representatives, Lauren Fitting, one of the traveling Lifeline Quilts, and hearing the testimony of a Marion area resident, Jim Eckard who is a […]