Jan 26, 2016
DICKSON: We can unite
While out last week with a throat infection, I probably consumed a few more Nutty Buddy ice cream treats than my health care team would like for a diabetic.
Consuming tasty ice cream wasn’t the onl…
Jan 25, 2016
HELMS: Revival begins with you
Revival is more than a series of special services with an outside evangelist. True revival begins when someone tires of their church's direction.
This is no knock on churches; we sometimes become s…
Jan 21, 2016
HUBBUB: We can be more empathetic, let Christ take control
Editor's Note: Facebook fans had plenty to say about First United Methodist Church of Crestview's upcoming "Fearless Conversations" series, which features renowned speakers to address being homosexua…
Jan 21, 2016
CROSE: Integrity test — 9 questions to consider
Webster's 1828 dictionary defines integrity as "… The entire, unimpaired state of anything, particularly of the mind; moral soundness or purity; incorruptness; uprightness; honesty.
"I ntegrity c…
Jan 20, 2016
BROADHEAD: Having faith requires follow-up
As a child, I wanted to catch a chipmunk running around my back yard, so I set up a box-with-a-stick-and-a-string trap.
I put peanuts under the box, set the string, and waited for the chipmunk. E…
Jan 18, 2016
HUBBUB: Top comments on Crestview hit-and-run, religion complaint
Editor's Note: Facebook fans had plenty to say about a Crestview hit-and-run that authorities say will have no criminal justice, and a group's allegation that a Laurel Hill School teacher violated st…
Jan 14, 2016
HUGHES: Thoughts on judging the GFWC Crestview Woman's Club art show (PHOTOS)
I accepted an invitation to judge the Greater Federation of Woman’s Club’s Crestview chapter winter art show for several reasons:
●I’m a fan of the club. For the past century, these women have nurt…
Jan 14, 2016
CROSE: This is for Okaloosa County's hard-working unsung heroes
We recognize many heroes in our community — police officers, sheriff's deputies, firefighters, EMTs, doctors and ER nurses, and of course our wonderful military members — but we fail to think of our …
Jan 13, 2016
BROADHEAD: Go — search for the lost 'sheep'
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says to his disciples: “What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the 99 on the mountains and go in sear…
Jan 11, 2016
HELMS: It's natural to question God
In the Bible, in the book of Habakkuk, the prophet attempts to correct God's actions. He further states that he will continue his watch upon the watchtower, and wait to see how God will answer Him, a…