I had been a pastor for eight years before I enrolled in a seminary.
When I first met the seminary’s director of church planting, he said, “Have you ever given any thought to planting a church? You’d be good at it.”
The newspaper industry has been changing, or as we like to call it, evolving. Some newspapers have survived, and many haven’t. So how does a newspaper survive – thrive even?
We have some idea of what it takes. We have experienced growth even in the past year.
There are some axioms that seem to hold true. If you wash your car, it will rain. If your food is running behind at the restaurant, just go to the bathroom and when you come back it will be waiting on you, and if you run a headline about how the dry weather is causing brush fires, it will rain for three days straight after it hits the newsstands.
If a poll were taken today, what would be the most important thing anyone could do? The older some of us get, the more we realize what is worth doing is preparing everyone for life after death, without a doubt?
Last week as Hurricane Idalia roared up the gulf coast of Florida, my phone chimed with messages and calls from family and friends asking about our wellbeing.
Florida touts itself as the king of football in the country, and in some respects, that statement rings true.
The track record of players from here who have gone on to become big-time stars in college and the NFL speaks for itself. Few states have had that kind of success over the years.
On Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued a third Request for Additional Information to the City of Milton on the city’s permit application for the proposed wastewater treatment plant and disposal site known as the North Santa Rosa Regional Water Reclamation Facility.
Earlier in life, I had a brief stint in sales just long enough to convince me that I am no salesman. However, I did learn some interesting maxims from my sales training, like “The Rule of 250.”
Summer flew by like a cross-country runner sprinting hard to the finish line. That means only one thing.
It’s time for another season of high school sports.
The terms “irreconcilable differences,” “irremediable,” and “irretrievable breakdown” are used in family law to justify no-fault divorce. Family law does not apply to municipalities, so we’d like to suggest the City of Milton start doing the hard work of healing.
