Sep 5, 2014
FROM THE PULPIT: Let's take the business model out of Christianity
Bad habits are hard to break. Just ask anyone trying to give up using tobacco products. Ask anyone needing to change eating practices. Ask anyone attempting to cut back on playing video games.
Sep 2, 2014
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: 'When the Game Stands Tall' is a must see movie
When it comes to sports movies, I can be a tough critic, especially if the movie is based on a player or team with which I’m somewhat familiar. Everyone loves the old classic “The Pride of the Yankee…
Aug 29, 2014
FROM THE PULPIT: Taking the business model out of Christianity
Bad habits are hard to break. Ask anyone who is trying to give up using tobacco products. Ask anyone who is needing to change eating practices. Ask anyone who is attempting to cut back on playing vid…
Aug 26, 2014
FROM THE PULPIT: A lesson from Ferguson — pray about it
I am pretty naïve. I don’t always have a grasp on the larger picture of what is taking place in society, various subcultures' hurts or frustration from various prejudices.
Aug 26, 2014
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: Football season calls
Friday night, I embark on my 14th season of covering high school football in Okaloosa County. Twenty-nine years ago, I began as a sports writer, stringing for the old Gulf Breeze Sentinel. Thirty-nin…
Aug 19, 2014
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: Gender equality goes both ways
I’ve always had mixed feelings about Title IX, which mandates female student-athletes be given the same opportunities to compete as their male counterparts.
Aug 18, 2014
FROM THE PULPIT: God's mercy takes many forms
It's been said that anyone who has encountered God's mercy, who has been caressed by its tenderness, is happy and comfortable with the Lord.
Aug 12, 2014
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: SEC Network to showcase the best in college sports
For those of us born in the Deep South and raised on Southeastern Conference sports, nothing is better than SEC. And the only thing that could be better than SEC sports is more SEC sports.
Aug 10, 2014
FROM THE PULPIT: Live with your integrity intact
Have you ever had to write letters of recommendation for someone?
Aug 5, 2014
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: A high school football guy life
It’s hard to believe I’m old enough to have experienced things more than 40 years ago. But the calendar doesn’t lie, and time has a way of marching on with the years cascading by like a mountain wate…