Category Archives: Opinions
Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes
It’s easy to mock and be critical, and unfortunately our human nature loves to judge unfairly and display negative thoughts about others. If we could only remember that many people are going through some type of painful trial, which usually explains why they seem peculiar.
I often counsel with those who are struggling with personal problems and it changes our perspective when we know the bigger picture. As Christians, we are called to be a light that represents God’s nature and this includes
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Surveys show VA hospitals improving
In the latest Medicare Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems patient survey, the Department of Veterans Affairs outperformed community hospitals in 10 of 11 different categories.
The report said that 54 percent of VA hospitals earned four or five stars, while only 35 percent of community hospitals did. That’s a hefty increase; just a few years ago, only 26 percent of VA hospitals rated four or five
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Surviving inflation
Recent government figures outlined food price increases for one month. The numbers are grim.
Fruits and vegetables went up 2.3 percent, the highest since 2010. Dairy went up 1.9 percent, the highest since 2011. Cereals and bakery items went up 1.1 
percent.
Averaged over the past 12 months, food prices have risen 8.6 percent (the highest increase since 1981), with poultry and fish climbing 13 percent and beef soaring 16 percent.
Wow! We knew it was bad because each time we go to the grocery store, we’re spending more to get less. But to see
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It’s time to go outdoors again
When spring comes, it’s a thing of such rare beauty we just have to go outside and soak it up as long as it’s here.
And in our region, it usually doesn’t last that long.
But when that perfect blue-sky day is out there and the sun is shining, everything comes to life. Maybe today it’s time to put out the hummingbird feeder. Past time, really.
A decision has to be made as to exactly where it will go, as we added
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Jesus gave His life so that we could live
I admit I am an emotional person. I recall going to see the Passion movie a few years ago, and I was disturbed to say the least. It’s not uncommon for me to shed a tear when I witness something that moves my soul, and this was no exception.
Recently, I was watching a program about the Make-A-Wish Foundation and how they provide a way for very sick children to experience a happy but most likely a last request and I cried through the entire program. As the agonizing scenes of what Christ went through were presented, I kept thinking, how could someone watch this and not be deeply stirred in their soul?
I feel the same way about the Chosen series. I’m not ashamed to wear my feelings on my sleeve and have no desire
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Courier Letters to the Editor 4-20-22
Fundraising goal reached
Dear Editor,
I’m sure all of the news outlets domiciled in South Carolina know about the fundraising the Foothills Chapter #301 of the Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA) has been conducting for almost five years.
The purpose of the fundraising was to engrave the names of the 576 S.C. residents who were KIA or POWs in the Korean War in a wall of remembrance in
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Some things don’t matter
There are people who are famous for different reasons — some good, some not so much. But sometimes something unimportant happens that becomes magnified into significance just because people continue to talk about it.
Such was the incident at the Academy Awards between actor Will Smith and host Chris Rock.
What happened? One man, Chris Rock, publicly mocked the medical condition of the other’s wife. The target of
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The passion of Christ is God’s amazing grace
April is the month of new beginnings, when trees begin to sprout their leaves and flowers emerge from the ground to express their beauty. This is also the time when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
God’s infinite love for us is the foundation of the Christian faith, for without Jesus being raised to conquer death, hell and the grave, He would have been just another courageous martyr. You see, His perfect blood was sprinkled
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Simple man of simple means
Simple man of simple means
Dear Editor,
I am a simple man of simple mind and simple means. I could be happy living in a cave. As long as the cold and dampness is kept off, why not?
Well, there might be a problem with a mama bear wanting to take up residence in my cave. You think I’m going to tell a 350-pound mama bear she can’t
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hibernate in my cave, you better think again! Be like, “Hey, you can’t come in here!” “Grrrr!!” “Yes, ma’am, and when do you like your wakeup call?”
I don’t need to have a lot of material things to be happy like so many. A good book to read, a CD to listen to or just visiting with family or friends. We come into this world with nothing and we leave with nothing. The more we have, the more responsibility we have. If money brought us happy, then why are so many millionaires filing for divorce? Money is not “the root of all evil,” as so many misquote. It’s actually, “the love of money is the root of all evil.”
When I was a child, simple things meant the world to me. A bicycle, a dog and the open road was all it took to make me happy. A bicycle was your transportation into the world to be explored. If you had a dog, you had a true friend for as long as you both lived. A friend who never left your side in good or bad times. A friend you could talk to and open up your very heart to and never have to worry about anyone hearing a word.
To me, sitting in a restaurant drinking warm coffee on a cold day is my way of relaxing instead of drinking and getting drunk. What we take into us becomes a part of us. Liquor ages you and weakens our resistance. What you let in becomes your master.
I love listening to old radio shows like “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” and “The Great Gildersleeve.” I like helping others and get my happiness from seeing those I’ve helped having a good time. I make no difference in anyone, no matter the race or religion. I’m happy with what I have. So many whose burden is greater than mine. I’m grateful to have another day to live when I wake up.
Who knows what good may come?
Eddie Boggs
Westminster
Honoring Christ for what He taught
It all came to a head one week in the spring of 33 A.D., or thereabouts.
The tension had been mounting for three years between the controversial preacher from a backwoods village called Nazareth and the self-righteous guardians 
of hard-hearted religiosity.
He had offended the wrong people. He was always breaking the rules — at least according to those hung up on technicalities.
A brutal form of execution awaited Him — and He knew it.
He had come to lift up the poor and the powerless, to heal the sick in body and spirit, and to expose the hypocrisy
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