Rod Anderson

Jan 21, 2025 | eplocalnews.org | Rod Anderson

Seeing the shadows on the snow in this picture, I can tell this winter photo was taken in the morning from the front porch of our farmhouse. Before getting on the school bus each morning, my brothers and I had chores to do. We climbed up into the silo, pick-axe in hand, to break up corn silage frozen a foot thick to the cement staves. Then we pitched the silage down the chute and fed it to the 30 cows in their mangers while they were being milked.

Dec 16, 2024 | eplocalnews.org | Rod Anderson

Now that both our Christmas trees are watered in their stands with a fresh cut on their stumps and adorned with lighted decorations, it's time for me to sit back in my grandfather's rocking chair to remember, recollect, and reflect on Christmases past and enjoy Christmas present. The store-bought Fraser fir tree in the living room, which my wife Julane picked out, is centered in the picture window.

Nov 18, 2024 | standard-democrat.com | Rod Anderson

This year’s fourth and final supermoon is seen over Sikeston Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, when the moon reached its full lunar phase, looking bigger and brighter than usual as it came within about 225,000 miles of Earth. (Rod Anderson/Standard Democrat)This year’s fourth and final supermoon is seen over Sikeston Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, when the moon reached its full lunar phase, looking bigger and brighter than usual as it came within about 225,000 miles of Earth.

Nov 12, 2024 | eplocalnews.org | Rod Anderson

In the language of the New Testament, there is more than one word for time: chronos for chronological time, eschatos for eschatological or end times, and kairos for the right time. After all the political rhetoric of the election cycle we've just experienced, I believe it's truly the right time for civil discourse. Our citizenship invites - and even expects - our participation in deliberation that promotes understanding and public concern, fostering mutual respect, civic trust, and common ground.

Oct 11, 2024 | eplocalnews.org | Rod Anderson

I grew up on a farm in rural Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Our nearest big town for shopping was Red Wing, nestled in the bluffs on the banks of the mighty Mississippi, with its one department store. The town square there in front of the Goodhue County Courthouse is mighty impressive ... most would say, "INSPIRATIONAL!" On all four corners of the square are churches where worshippers from the community have gathered for nearly two centuries.