Faith & Religion

Marysville Poe event set today at library A "raven" and feathered friends are visiting the Yuba County Library today with Wild Things Inc. as part of Ready.Set.Poe! The Big Read. The free program is at 4 p.m. at 303 Second St. in Marysville. Call...

Hallwood Nazarene sets kids celebration The Kids for Christ Celebration, with a costume contest, games and food, is set from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Hallwood Community Church of the Nazarene. No scary costumes allowed. Activities also include...

Everyone wants to be "approved." Everyone wants to be accepted by a family of peers. The Bible also translates this approval with words like "justified." In typing, I "justify my margins," meaning that everything is even and lined up. As important as...

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Last week, Julie and I went to our favorite restaurant in midtown Sacramento. The food, as always, was delicious, but the dining experience was exhausting. It is never quiet in the crowded, little restaurant. Concrete floors and hard surfaces cause...

Yuba City Harvest Festival under way The Harvest Festival hosted by the First United Methodist Church of Yuba City is under way for two weekends, with a variety of games, crafts and children’s activities. Admission and activities are free. The...

I love my iPhone. It’s my window to the world, my multimedia playground, my constant companion. However, it’s not something I would consider essential to my health. This isn’t to say that others haven’t – or shouldn’t – tap into tech...

"This is one of Shakespeare's funny, humorous plays. It's not one of his more serious ones," said director Geoffrey Wander. Beginning Friday, Yuba College Theatre will present Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," running Fridays-Sundays with one Thursday...

Yuba City Methodists offer tri-tip today A full tri-tip dinner is being served today at Grace United Methodist Church, 3600 S. Walton Ave., Yuba City. Tickets for the dinner, served from 5:30 to 7 p.m., are $12 for adults. The event also includes a...

The worst thing about technology is not that it has made the world seem small, but that it has made us seem small. In our upstairs closet is a beat up violin that was once played by my great-grandfather. My grandmother spoke fondly of sitting on the...