The faithful don’t need to “pack the pews” right now, but rather minister to the people in need out in the world, J.P. Devine writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Amy Calder: Eat your heart out, coronavirus
Holding a news meeting in the pouring rain isn’t the worst thing in the world, Amy Calder writes.
Dana Wilde: Turn, turn, turn
Every kind of suffering and joy seems upon us here in early summer, writes Dana Wilde.
J.P. Devine: Summer and a song at the drive-in
As the Maine International Film Festival prepares a move to the Skowhegan Drive-In Theater this year, J.P. Devine remembers the summer night in 1949 when he and others packed into a green Chevrolet for a night at the movies.
J.P. Devine TV Review: ‘Call My Agent’
This segment “CANNE” is not only the best so far in the series, but a break-out, stand out one hour classic, J.P. Devine writes
Liz Soares: Learning to embrace the coronavirus slowdown
While my life has slowed down, my thoughts haven’t. I need to keep them where my body is at any given moment, instead of galloping ahead to the unpredictable future, writes Liz Soares.
Amy Calder: Making it work, during a pandemic
Erica Pelotte bought a restaurant business in downtown Waterville in August and had to close in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic, but she has reopened and is working harder than ever to make the eatery successful.