How’s rudeness working for you?
If you watched a video of how you relate to people in a typical week, what would you see? A G-rated family flick? Or more like a movie you wouldn’t want your kids to see? Maybe you’d feel relieved...
View ArticleClyde Richard (Dick) Lamberson Obituary
Clyde Richard (Dick) Lamberson, Sr, 87, of Port St. Joe, Florida went home to be with his Lord and Savior on February 11, 2019.He is preceded in death by his precious wife, Jean J. Lamberson; parents,...
View ArticleIn Good Faith: Spiritual wallflowers
I used to dread middle school dances. The angst began with the whole decision over whether to even go or just bag the whole thing. Among my circle of friends, the conversations typically went something...
View ArticleShayne Looper: The other problem of pain
C. S. Lewis’s book, “The Problem of Pain,” was published in 1940. In it, Lewis responds to an argument against the existence of God that goes something like this: An all-good God would not want his...
View ArticleEarl Davis Parker, III Obituary
Mr. Earl Davis Parker, III, 44, of Wewahitchka, FL, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2019 at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf. He was born in Norfolk, VA on July 29, 1974. Mr. Davis was a truck driver...
View ArticleCarl Raymond Carlson Obituary
Carl Raymond Carlson passed away Monday evening, March 11, 2019, at his home in Apalachicola, FL, surrounded by loving family. Carl was born in Duluth, Minnesota on April 27, 1938 to Carl and Florence...
View ArticleSuzette Martinez Standring: The Duchess of Sussex keeps calm and carries on
How does one weather racist hatred on social media? Online trolls are attacking the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, whose first child is due in April. Last year, an image called for Prince Harry to be shot...
View ArticleShayne Looper: We must not think God is our servant
I first learned about P.G. Wodehouse’s “Jeeves” from reading the remarkable English novelist Charles Williams. A character in his most accessible work, the 1930 novel “War in Heaven,” mentions her...
View ArticleBill Tinsley: Digital faith
I am a digital immigrant. I was born into a world of rotary dial telephones and slide rules, cash registers that resembled slot machines, schools without air conditioning, encyclopedias that occupied...
View ArticleSusan Sparks: It is enough
I love to cook. However, when I get in a kitchen, my family starts to worry. I am one of those people who think more is better.For example, my signature dish is a cheese grit soufflé, and while the...
View ArticleMagnolia (Toby) Gray Obituary
Magnolia (Toby) Gray, 82 passed away March 9, 2019. Magnolia was a long time resident of Port St. Joe and worked in the seafood industry.Survivors include her sons, David Fowler (Jean), Parker,...
View ArticleChoral concerts in Port St. Joe, Apalachicola
The Bay Area Choral Society is preparing for its upcoming Spring Concerts. The BACS is supported by the Ilse Newell Fund for the Performing Arts, and the chorus has performed a broad selection of...
View ArticleThanking God for every minute
Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for this minute. By the time I’ve finished writing this letter, many more minutes will have passed. Each minute that ticks by reflects your patience, your sovereignty...
View ArticleShayne Looper: Get off the bandwagon of hate
Six days after the 9/11 attacks, in remarks made at the Islamic Center in Washington, D.C., President George W. Bush told his audience, “These acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental...
View ArticleBill Tinsley: Are we happy yet?
It is perhaps the best known quote in American history, Jefferson’s three inalienable rights: “ life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Not happiness, but the pursuit of happiness. After 243...
View ArticleMust we always get our way?
A highway sign tells me to merge because my lane is ending. Within a short time, I do. Then, close to where the lane ends, several drivers who were behind me before I merged remain in the lane...
View ArticleBeth Marie Sketoe (Daniels) Obituary
Beth Marie Sketoe (Daniels), born March 10, 1980, passed away March 21, 2019.There will be a Celebration of Life at 12 p.m. CT April 6, 2019 at the Honeyville Park on State 71 in Wewahitchka.We will be...
View ArticleRuby Lee Kennedy Obituary
Ruby Lee Kennedy, age 83, passed away peacefully at Sacred Heart on the Gulf in Port St. Joe on Thursday March 14, 2019. Ruby was born November 13, 1935 to Paul D Farmer and Myrtle Rogers. She is...
View ArticleDavid Hinote Obituary
David Hinote was born October 4, 1926 in Milton, Florida to Alice Irene Pendleton Hinote and Willie Eli Hinote. He departed his earthly home on Sunday, March 24, 2019.He had seven brothers and...
View ArticleShayne Looper: Jesus and the psychology of happiness
Popular psychology has been transitioning over the past couple of decades. It’s happier now or, at least, it’s talking about happiness more than it did.For generations, psychology was principally...
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