My brother and I ride around in his pickup truck and visit with each other each Sunday. Sometimes we ride around for a half hour, sometimes more. We ride on the same…
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Around the Banks
The year was 1993. I remember so much of it vividly for a number of reasons. It was the year I became principal at Central Hamilton Elementary in Jasper, Fla. I truly…
Living God’s way: Humble yourself and God will exalt you
James describes the attitude and actions of those who will humble themselves before God. He says God will exalt or reward those who humble themselves (James 8b-10). In a spiritual sense, James…
Around the Banks
As I write this column on Friday, Aug. 2, the rain is coming down here at the Eight Mile Still, and the thunder is crashing and rumbling. It’s a good day to…
Living God’s way: Confessing our sins
Listing things we are to be praying about for others, James includes confessing our sins to one another and praying for each other (James 5:16). There are several benefits Christians can enjoy…
Around the Banks
Most of all it’s the sweet memories that haunt, now faded into a past that was, for many decades the pillar of North Central Florida’s agricultural economy. The familiar aroma that floated…
Cagle grams: Hand fed
James H. Cagle Guest Columnist “Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing” Psalm 145:16 KJV). God meets the needs of all His creation. One religion, Deism, teaches…
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Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist Not too long ago, I was sitting in a waiting area at a local establishment reading my copy of the Riverbend News when a person in the waiting…
Practice believing the best of others
Sheryl Boldt Guest Columnist “Peter wants a divorce,” my friend Stacey said, taking quick breaths. It pained me to see her struggling to keep from falling completely apart. “I’m so sorry.” When…
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Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist I am writing this column on Friday, June 21. Yesterday was officially the longest day of the year. Summer is here, no doubt about it. When Daddy and…
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Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist Captain Charles Floyd Cone (1835-1924) was born in Camden County, Ga. He fought during the War Between the States and was an officer. As land was readily available…
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Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist You know I can still hear the sound of an organ keyboard being played and, at times, I am back in our den here at the Eight Mile…
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Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist The calendar may indicate we have a few weeks until summer officially begins, but let me assure you, for those of us descended from families who have been…
Around the Banks
Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist Seventy-two years old — that’s how old the Florida Folk Festival is this year! It’s the oldest state sponsored Folk Festival in the United States of America, and…
Turning the Page:“The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America” by Erik Larson
Genre: Historical Non-fiction My rating: 4/5 Synopsis: Erik Larson weaves the whimsical and the macabre into the story of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Ill., and the sinister serial killer…
Cagle grams: Friendship
“Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you” (John 15:14 KJV). For a person to know and experience a friendship, they must first make friends. And to make friends,…
Living God’s way: Speak with Integrity
For the third time Jesus quotes what “the ancients were told” to the crowd. This time it is about making vows and making oaths (Matthew 5:33:37). He tells them that if their…