Dec 28, 2012
FROM THE PULPIT: Watch for signs of the Second Coming, not 2013
Frequently, at each Christmas season’s end, I hear people say, “Next year, I’m not going to do all this running around and extra spending. Christmas is getting too exhausting!”
Dec 26, 2012
FROM THE PULPIT: Reflecting on Christmas
As we reflect on the Christmas season, consider these awesome truths.
First, God knows us and we are important to him. Remember, God announced His son’s birth to shepherds.
Shepherds were at th…
Dec 24, 2012
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: There's no budget for travel reimbursement
Yesterday, I received the Dec. 15 Crestview News Bulletin with the article about the Crestview City Council discussing travel reimbursement.
Dec 18, 2012
EDITOR'S DESK: Examining the possible roots of mass violence
It’s difficult to comprehend a tragedy like Friday’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Ct.
Dec 14, 2012
FROM THE PULPIT: Preparing for Christmas
When I was growing up in Crestview, we decorated the house inside and out.
Dec 13, 2012
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t force your beliefs on my children
That wacko at the Crestview Christmas parade needs to be barred from next year’s parade.
Dec 13, 2012
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lake Silver Road treated like a speedway
I am visiting my daughter and three small grandsons for about the 12th time this year. They live north of town on Lake Silver Road.
Dec 12, 2012
EDITOR'S DESK: Hate speech, confusion factors in parade fallout
Vigilante justice and widespread confusion comprised public debate following the Main Street Crestview Association’s unusually negative Christmas parade. A preacher who denied Santa Claus’ existence …
Dec 5, 2012
EDITOR'S DESK: ‘Blessed are the Children’ who attended parade
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose, being damned from a truck at the town Christmas parade… Wait, that’s not how the song goes…
Nov 30, 2012
FROM THE PULPIT: Find happiness in Jesus, not things
One of my favorite stories is about a Navy officer who always dreamed of commanding a battleship. He finally achieved that dream and received commission of the fleet’s newest, proudest ship.