Port St. Joe, Montgomery churches to team for fun, clean-up
A community “Fun-Day and Clean-up” will be held in Port St. Joe 12-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec 15. Victory Temple F.B.H church in Port St. Joe will partner with the True Divine Baptist Church of Montgomery,...
View ArticleBishop visits FUMC of PSJ
“The best is yet to come.” Those are the words of Bishop David Graves of the Alabama West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church as he visited the area November 5-7. Graves traded in his...
View ArticleSuzette Martinez Standring: Wildlife in winter: Spiritual messages
Watching wildlife is a year-round Christmas gift as they scamper, trot, glide and even slither freely nearby. Our fenced-in back yard abuts an open field where coyotes, turkeys and deer are common....
View ArticleIn Good Faith: Wait for it
In the not-so-distant past, great wars erupted over baby Jesus in our house. Not the actual, living, breathing baby Jesus who burst into the world on that first Christmas Day, but the small figurine...
View ArticleShayne Looper: God and judgment in the era of #MeToo
Oprah Winfrey once explained that a sermon was the immediate cause of her departure from the orthodox Christian faith. In his Sunday message, her pastor Jeremiah Wright read and then exposited an Old...
View ArticleBill Tinsley: 50 Years
Next week my wife and I will celebrate our 50th anniversary. How did this happen? Where did the years go? I always thought people who reached their 50th were old. Why aren’t we? December 21, 1968 we...
View ArticleSusan Sparks: Lessons from a Christmas cactus
Don’t you think it’s odd that the time of year when we celebrate the light of the world -- the Christ child -- is also the darkest time of year? At least here in the Northern Hemisphere, you get up in...
View ArticleErik Karl Spilde Obituary
Erik Karl Spilde, age 54, of Mexico Beach, Florida passed away on Tuesday, December 4th peacefully in his sleep. He was born on July 16, 1964 to Roger and Barbra Spilde of Moorhead, Minnesota.Erik was...
View ArticleShayne Looper: Is the world getting crazier? (Probably not)
Is the country headed down the tubes? It sure seems that way. The sanity quotient is going down and the spitefulness quotient is going up. The anecdotal evidence is overwhelming.Consider, for example,...
View ArticleBill Tinsley: Finding Christmas
Christmas is upon us! Entire streets sparkle with multi-colored lights. Last-minute shoppers pack the aisles. Christmas music echoes in the malls. Traditional performances inspire us: “The Messiah,”...
View ArticleIt’s two days after Hurricane Michael
When I see anotherwide open doorway,in Port St. Joe, I cringe,it’s my church onMonument and Highway 98. The square entrancefoyer mirror hangsdiamond shapedby one wet salty nail. Inside, with no...
View ArticleFor those grieving this holiday season
Losing someone you love is incredibly hard. And now the holidays are upon you. That empty chair, with all its memories and sentiment, now seems to be the largest piece of furniture in your home....
View ArticleSuzette Martinez Standring: Baby Jesus is still in the Christmas picture
Christmas is enchanting. Maybe it’s the twinkling lights on frosty streets, the aroma of holiday baking or merry music everywhere. For me, it’s a magical return to childhood. When I was little, the...
View ArticleIn Good Faith: A Flintstones’ Christmas
Did you know, there’s a Christmas episode of “The Flintstones”? It originally aired on Dec. 25, 1964, as part of the original cartoon series. In it, Fred gets a part-time job at Macyrock’s department...
View ArticleShayne Looper: Mary, Mother of Jesus - sleeper agent?
A staple of spy novels and movies is the sleeper agent. A man or woman who has been positioned in a country with orders to blend in, but who is ready to act when called upon. Before a sleeper agent has...
View ArticleSusan Sparks: Sun Mo manger
“There’s no room here or at the Holiday Inn, the Days Inn, or the C’mon Inn,” the desk clerk said, shaking his head. “The Shriners have a gathering downtown; the Mary Kay convention is at the Coliseum,...
View ArticleBill Tinsley: Imagine an amazing 2019
If this New Year’s celebration at Times Square follows the pattern set since 2005, just before the ball drops and we turn our calendars forward, someone will sing John Lennon’s classic song “Imagine.”...
View ArticleErik Spilde Obituary
A memorial service for Erik Spilde has been scheduled for January 19, 2018, at 3 p.m. EST at Comforter Funeral Home in the chapel, located at 601 Long Avenue in Port St. Joe. Services are under the...
View ArticleFlorida is number one and that’s not all
If you live in Florida, you won’t be surprised that U.S. News says we’re the best place in the USA for a family vacation! Specifically Orlando-Walt Disney, but Destin is number 4.You...
View ArticleRoy “Buck” Garrett Obituary
Roy “Buck” Garrett, born December 1, 1922, passed away December 5, 2018 in Port St Joe, Florida. He was a loving family man and had a special way with children. When he talked to teenagers, they...
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