Opinion Archive

It amazes me how a small, unrelated stimulus sparks a memory. A recent, unrelated conversation with a store clerk brought to mind my call to ministry.

I sensed the call about thirty-seven years ago, mere months after coming to faith in Christ. Sunday evening services were the norm for churches and the guest speaker that night was a missionary the congregation supported.

Our reporter and team member, Ken Garner contributed the following one of our other newspapers, and I’m sharing it this week in my column.

This week (Oct. 2-8) is National Newspaper Week and, while it’s relatively anonymous as far as “holidays” go, it is a great time to consider just how important local newspapers are to communities across our nation and the world.

One of the coolest things about social media is seeing the highlight videos that athletes post.

It really gives you an inside look into how hard they truly work at their craft.

I hadn’t checked my mailbox at the post office in a few days, so it was rather full.

I set about trying to remove its contents but complicating the job was a small, stout envelope. It was the lynchpin to the jam and had to be removed first.

October means scary movies, slightly cooler temperatures and Halloween candy.
It’s also the month the fate of the teams in District 1-4S is determined.

I say that because if a team has any hope of playing deep into the month of November, and, with a little luck, December, it has to take care of business in October.

Santa Rosa is NOT a “Christian conservative county.”

Santa Rosa County is a political unit created by the State of Florida to fulfill specific functions of local government according to its laws.

Ella Nelson of Jay shared a picture on social media of the volleyball roundup that appeared in a recent issue of the Press Gazette. She was in one of the photos that ran with the roundup.

Pace kicker Reice Griffith once shared a picture of the feature story on him from earlier this summer and thanked me for taking the time to write about him.

“All you preachers ever talk about is money,” a man complained having just sat through my once-a-year sermon on giving.

Clearly, giving was a sensitive subject for that man, as it is for many. It seems that all the preaching on giving, including the televangelists’ shameless shakedowns, is balled together and attributed to every preacher.

Cooler temperatures are here and that means the bears are on the move. According to Florida Fish and Wildlife, (FWC) our black bears are joining their northern cousins in fattening up for the winter.

Black bears eat up to 20,000 calories a day in the fall. That means, they will be on the move and searching for good food “grub” even more than usual.