One Sunday morning, I woke up exuberant, ready to celebrate the perpetual goodness of the Lord our Savior. My youngest son, Travis, and I jumped in the ole sedan as his sister…
Category: Editorials
Father, teach us how to love
Have you become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal? You may have without realizing it. 1 Corinthians 13:1 (ESV) says, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,…
Cagle Grams: What are you crying about?
“For these things, I weep” (Lamentations 1:16 KJV). “Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not,…
Living God’s Way: A portion of God’s mystery revealed
After Paul describes how the Gentiles in Ephesus could read and understand the revelation God had given him, Paul then reveals a portion of God’s mystery. He states the Gentiles are now…
Letter to the Editor – “KNOW IT ALL”
How are we to follow the rules if we don’t know the rules? How can we make good and right decisions if we don’t have all the information? If your input is…
Around the Banks
Several people have asked me about the historic building in White Springs which houses Suwannee Hardware on the corner of Bridge Street and US Highway 41. The building was constructed by the…
Evangeline’s fight is the community’s fight
I grew up in Live Oak, spending a majority of my youth getting to know people and learning new things. I believe this is a significant perk of growing up in a…
What are you trying to conserve?
Christian Peterson Columnist I recently had the pleasure of attending the Hamilton County High School production of “Bah Humbug!” While it wasn’t a production from Broadway, it was certainly enjoyable, and it was…
Living God’s Way: A portion of God’s mystery revealed
Carlton G. McPeak Guest Columnist After Paul describes how the Gentiles in Ephesus could read and understand the revelation God had given him, Paul then reveals a portion of God’s mystery. He…
Cagle Grams: What is a resolution?
James H. Cagle Guest Columnist “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which…
Around the Banks
Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist Time to start planning on that New Year’s Day meal. In the Deep South, we traditionally serve blackeyed peas and greens of some sort. Mustard greens are my…
Setting health goals for the New Year
Kim Griffin Contributor The start of a new year is the perfect time to focus on improving your health and well-being. Setting health goals can provide a roadmap for positive change and…
Cagle Grams: Christmas is about our savior being born
“Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14 KJV). Christmas is an annual celebration held on the supposed birthday of Jesus Christ, our…
Living God’s Way: God’s steward to the Gentiles
After stating the apostles and prophets were the foundation of the building Jesus would build, Paul begins to talk about being appointed as God’s steward to the Gentiles (Ephesians 3:1-5). Before he…
Around the Banks
Christmas is upon us, and I wish all my readers a happy and healthy Yuletide season. I especially want to thank Danny Federico for being such a great editor and for being…
Cagle Grams: What is worldliness?
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in…
Living God’s way: Results of Jesus preaching
The death of Jesus on the cross broke down the dividing wall between the Jews and the Gentiles. The preaching of Jesus brought about peace between these same two groups, along with…