Wilmington Ohio

Michael Bray 28 March 2007 One of the wonderful opportunities at Wilmington High School is the development of writing skills for those who do extracurricular work for the school paper, Hurricane. Occasionally there is an article of interest for the larger community, that fellowship of citizens which pays for the school’s existence. In the latest […]

Don’t know much about her She brought souls for me to feed A classmate of my daughter Bringing prisoners to the water To the Word that brings life An end to all the strife That besets all who have no rest In the One who came for us and died. No, He didn’t stay on […]

I am reading about the purification process for God’s covenant people given by God to Moses. The blood and the water are sprinkled upon the one in need of purification (Num. 19:17-21). And I am thinking about the asininity of one who distinguishes himself or his church from others on the basis of baptismal mode. […]

13 November, 2020 at 1020 That Nick Can some kinda pick That guitar When he’s a-strummin’ And a-hummin’ On that church stage! What a rage Must be made Down in the shade Of that underworld Where demons cry As they die Under the victory Of our Champ Who did stamp, Yea and did tramp All […]

Wilmington? Or Waifton? Vagrants, derelicts, and fools Got no interest in tools. Let the homeless volunteer, Then give them a beer. Not free meals, no deals. Like treats? Off your seats. No work, no eats. Let the bum beware: Come to Wilmington And get a stare If all you do is glare At the chance […]

24 March, 2020 Let the Churches Get in Order The plague serves as a call to order. Let the church – most important of all organizations in a given community – pray for the people! Ah, but who are “the people”? A good time to address the issue of membership. Figure our who you members […]

28 Feb., 2020 On Our Stay Among “Believer Baptizers” We have enjoyed our fellowship and our membership in a church here in Ohio which baptizes only those who “believe” (confessing their faith) and excludes the children of those believers from baptism until such time as they “feel” saved and affirm the faith in which they […]

7 Jan., 2020 ‘Twas a time when the gates Were down No where to be found Were the people of mercy Of God Fled by the Fed Oh the dread That someone might be caught For naught! They hid themselves from the chore They closed the door No more for the poor In Spirit and […]

2 Dec. 2019 Here I sit in my own templeMusic pouring about my earsTo the right travel my feet on waterOver lands and cities distantMidway are the books of recordHistory, family, things to knowAnd to the side is Mercy’s treeRed and black with faces adornedThey smile at me, I thinkAnd I think some moreEver glad […]

Battered by the U.S. Government, NOW, and PP But Unbowed 7 May, 2019 Jayne Bray has long suffered for righteousness’ sake. When her husband lost is job on a church staff in 1984 for exposing the then-American Lutheran Church apostasy, she had to tighten the belt of the family as Reformation Lutheran Church was born. […]

7 Dec., 2018 Wilmington: Abortion-Free Zone (Redux) When ought cities and towns resist, even defy, the authority of the higher (case-in-point, federal) power? Is it possible that cities and towns can be spared the righteous wrath of God when it falls upon a nation? Let us hope so. We have solid grounds for such a hope. […]

31 July, 2017 Dear Dale, I am offering you some thoughts regarding your “Baptism Sermon” as we might call it – on Sunday. I enclose an essay I wrote a long time ago for my SS class at a Lutheran Church; nothing has changed since then. I appreciate your continued faithfulness in preaching from the […]

Following Sunday morning class at the Church of Christ back in 2010 Anno Domini, I wrote a fellow church member and SS class participant. 24 September 2010 Dave, Some after thoughts regarding my cursory reply to your broad question on Sunday morning: “What is the will of God?” To say it is the “Law of […]

Wilmington, Ohio AFZ Abortion Free Zone (No innocent blood shed in our town!) Is the city of Wilmington ruled by 9 D.C. jackasses (a.k.a. SCOTUS?) Or is the city of Wilmington free to uphold justice regardless of the decisions of “the Court”? Is it in the name of “law and order” or “democracy” that we […]

To the Wilmington News Journal Wilmington, Ohio Re: (1 April, 2017) 3 April, 2017 Haters and Losers I think it was the curious title which drew my attention to the editorial: “Anger and Cowardice Fester Hate” (Wilmington News Journal, 1 April, 2017). I am not sure of his meaning, but I infer from the rest […]

How might our United (Pagan) States of America resist continued paganization? How about by means of “Sanctuary Cities”? And, let it begin with Wilmington, Ohio. For how many generations have parents taught their children by means of a simple principle: Do the right thing? And there was always an unequivocal reply to the child who […]

Posted on 31 March, 2017 (Amended on 30 May 2017) 4 March, 2011 Wrestling season comes to a close. My last high school wrestler has finished his course. Both my sons have gotten from the sport what I had hoped they would get. The sport is a wonderful means of character development. Mack Remington, writing […]

31 March, 2017 Revised 22 July, 2017 Distinctive Features of the Sport One of the great blessing of wrestling is instruction in humility. Everyone takes a beating sometime. Thinking back, I believe I also learned through wrestling about the value of volunteer work: those coaches who put so much time and patience into my efforts […]

Michael Bray 28 Feb., 2017 I am grateful for the article in the Journal featuring pastors of three churches in town (“Keys to a Thriving Congregation,” 28 February, by Gary Huffenberger). There was no definition of a Christian “church” supplied, but based upon the fact that all three were by their implied affirmation of the […]

22 Feb., 2017 As reported by Neil Snarr in the Journal (21 Feb., 2017) there was in Wilmington an anti-slavery newspaper published from 1851-1855, The Herald of Freedom, edited one John W. Chaffin. I was delighted to read about it. To the glory of Biblical truths and justice and to the credit of these Christian […]