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When our sons were younger, my husband used to take them fishing a lot. We have scores of pictures of each with their first fish, and for one we have something more.
I am willing to try new things ... to look like a fool ... a bigtime fool for thinking I'm funny enough to get paid for it ... and it's a freedom like no other!
The Oscars! What a night! Is there any other business that routinely congratulates itself on being itself?
So I sit in a hotel in Seward Alaska minding my own business, when suddenly it dawns on me. … I am making a movie!
When I was young, the TV had rabbit ears, the cool video game was Pong, and we talked on rotary phones. So how's a mother to raise her kids in the Digital Age?

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Jokes for the Folks: Ways To Be Mean Committee

March 05, 2010
Did you hear about the children who worked as air traffic controllers at JFK International Airport? Here at NCV, we don’t see what all the fuss is about. ...

Jokes for the Folks: Bring Back Waterboarding

February 19, 2010
American gold in the Winter Olympics finally topples American Idol from the ratings top spot. Simon Says: It's all Ellen's fault.

Jokes for The Folks: Who You Calling Retarded?

February 05, 2010
At some point this feature will stop making fun of the Obama Administration and their incompetence, because it’s just too easy. But not today.

Jokes for the Folks: The Host with the Most Is Toast

January 22, 2010
Could the gale-force winds blowing through Hollywood have anything to do with the turmoil at NBC or the tremors radiating from Massachusetts this week?

Jokes for the Folks: Deep Freeze

January 08, 2010
Wind chills in Miami, frozen oranges on the trees in northern Florida, snow in Houston. Do you think the earth is trying to tell us something?

Jokes for the Folks: MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

December 24, 2009
Here’s hoping you’re with family and loved ones, enjoying the blessings of the season! And if you weren’t lucky enough to buy a Zhu Zhu when the toy was still available, NCV solves your dilemma!

Jokes for the Folks: I Am the Most Fascinating Person of 2009

December 10, 2009
Barbara Walters' listing of the most fascinating people of the year has nothing on the names in the news just this week. ...

Santa Baby!

December 09, 2009
I'm so touched by my seven-year-old’s letter to Santa that I've penned my own. Assuming I've been good this year, here's all I want for Christmas. …

Jokes For The Folks: Cold Turkey!

November 27, 2009
The top-grossing film this week is the vampire tale New Moon. President Obama could have had more success in Asia had he taken a page from the latest teen craze.

COMMON SAINTS: Can You Spell Dysfunctional?

October 05, 2009
I’d have to say that I grew up in a dysfunctional home. In hindsight I see that most of my friends also grew up with dysfunction. but as a kid, I thought I was the only one.