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From the Front Desk
In my role at the front desk of The Nugget I get to handle a wide variety of tasks, from managing databases for subscriptions and classifieds to designing the weekly Announcements page and... — Updated 4/11/2024
Just Like Us: Matthew
Have you ever wished you could travel through time? What would it have been like to set out on the Oregon Trail in a covered wagon in 1840? What was life really like in a European castle in the Middle Ages… or in the villages outside? W... — Updated 4/2/2024 Full story
Sisters grad works on data centers
Twenty years ago, your living room shelves and closets may have been filled with VHS tapes and DVDs of favorite movies. Finding enough room to store the growing collection was problematic.... — Updated 3/26/2024 Full story
Connecting neighbors
At The Nugget Newspaper, I have the privilege of manning the front desk and greeting community members as they walk in the door or call on the phone. This public contact is actually my favorite part of the job. Even after living in Sisters... — Updated 11/7/2023 Full story
Joy to the world
“Joy to the world, the Lord is come!” So begins one of the most popular Christmas hymns of all time. And joy is certainly an appropriate response to God coming to earth. The angel who announced the birth of Jesus Christ to the shepherds sai... — Updated 12/23/2020 Full story
Christmas: The birth of Jesus Christ
Christmas is the sacred day on which Christians celebrate the birthday of the Lord Jesus Christ. But what is the primary focus of that celebration? Certainly, for Christians, the primary focus is not family, food, or festivities — as... — Updated 12/8/2020 Full story
Christmas: Christian or cultural?
Christmas is the sacred day on which Christians celebrate the birthday of the Lord Jesus Christ. Christmas is also a cultural celebration of love, family, giving, good cheer, eating and all... — Updated 12/1/2020 Full story
Attorney launches practice in Sisters
Planning for one’s own death is not an activity that most of us look forward to. Yet if you have spent a lifetime saving, investing, building a business, purchasing life insurance or otherwis... — Updated 6/30/2020 Full story
Longing for our eternal home
This is the second of two columns on the disruption of church services during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a previous column, we looked at the definition and goals of the church in the New... — Updated 6/16/2020 Full story
Ministry trip extended by COVID-19
Sisters resident Gary Radmacher is in Ghana, West Africa — a trip that has gone beyond his expectations in more ways than one. The trip was planned for eight weeks. It has now extended... — Updated 6/16/2020 Full story
The church is not a building — but we need to gather
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted nearly all of our life routines and the weekly rhythms of the church have not been exempted. Leaders at every church location have been forced to make... — Updated 6/9/2020 Full story