Category Archives: Opinions
Learning to see through our spiritual eyes
The life of David in the Bible is one of the more popular stories in the Christian faith. Of all the individuals other than Christ, I would guess there have been more messages about him than any other character within the word of God.
There is a huge difference between the way we observe and judge with our natural senses and the way God perceives everything through His perfect spiritual wisdom and the key to our success is learning to see as God sees.
We begin our story in I Samuel, where Samuel is a powerful prophet and is
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Scandals, scuffles and fireworks
Before the Revolutionary War, the colonists would celebrate the king’s birthday with the ringing of bells, bonfires and parades. However, things took an ominous turn during the summer of 1776, when the colonists celebrated by holding 
mock funerals for King George III instead.
John Adams fervently believed that our independence should be celebrated on July 2, and not July 4, because the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence on July 2, 1776. Two days later, on July 4, the 13 colonies
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How much does God love you?
As our spiritual values become more centered on God, it’s normal to start looking forward to our eternal existence. For those who are in Christ, how exciting it is to know that our heavenly Father and His Son Jesus, our loved ones, our new name, our glorified body, inheritance, citizenship and crowns and rewards are all a part of our glorious future.
We are briefly passing through this world, and the only thing we will take with us when we depart is an account of how we lived and loved. How wonderful to know that heaven will be filled with endless praise, everlasting
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Courier Letters to the Editor 7-7-21
Showing law enforcement appreciation
Dear Editor,
As a 73-year old Baby Boomer, I’ve seen many changes in the way Americans view things. One of the most dramatic changes is how a significant portion of our national news and social media portray our law enforcement community.
As a teenager growing up in Birmingham, Ala., my allowance was $2 a week. Receiving this sum was dependent on
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Supporting local newspapers
As we continue to emerge from the pandemic, there’s a sense of relief and optimism that things will return to normal. Long-awaited family gatherings, birthday parties and graduation ceremonies are finally happening in person. Sporting 
events have fans in the stands, airports are busy and we all are in the process of reclaiming those elements of life we’ve missed the past year.
However, with that optimism is the reality of the impact the pandemic had on local communities. Local businesses that struggled through the past year, if they were able to stay in business at all, are still trying to recover and regain lost revenues. These locally owned restaurants, shops and services are vital to our economy and provide
Five rants and ramblings
Five random ramblings, rants and things I wonder about; and one kudo:
- I understand there’s a worldwide shortage of cardboard. Whoa! How can this be? Just because every time Amazon sends my wife a bottle of fingernail polish it comes in a box big enough to hold a Fender Twin Reverb amplifier, that’s no excuse. She didn’t order that many bottles.
I have noticed lately, though, that they’ve been packing more things in big plastic envelopes. I would predict a shortage of plastic in the near future, but if that ever happens they could just reel some more in from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating accumulation of plastic that’s twice the size of Texas drifting somewhere between California and Hawaii.
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- While I’m on the subject of international commerce, why don’t the Chinese break down and hire some Americans to help them write the instructions to the technical products they sell? The grammar is always atrocious, and theYou must be logged in to view this content.
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Soccer is a game changer
Peggy Alviani was president of the Latin Club in high school, and she sat behind me in geometry. She got good grades and was quiet and unpretentious. Many teachers described her as “sweet.” That is, until game time.
When Peggy pulled her long brown hair back into a ponytail and snapped her shin guards in place, she became “The Enforcer.” As the defensive back, it was her job to “sweep up” any ball that got past her soccer teammates. She would stare menacingly at the opposing team and raise her fist while quoting in Latin, “Audentes fortuna iuvat.” Nobody knew exactly what it
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Courier Letters to the Editor 6-23-21
Dangerous jobs for the good of all
Dear Editor,
There are some dangerous jobs in this world, it’s true.
One that I would be afraid of is the job of replacing burned-out lights on top of radio station towers. I read where these towers are 1,500 feet tall! That’s like the length of five football fields, only vertical. Some are 2,000 feet!
From what I’ve been told, it takes three hours just to climb to the top. It takes approximately eight hours start to finish
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God desires to heal and restore his possessions
Can God heal us? Of course! We do not need to speculate or wonder about His ability to provide miracles and bring restoration even in the most difficult situations.
Jeremiah 17:14 says, “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed. Save me, and I shall be saved: for Thou art my praise.” Whatever the case, we can believe and know without a doubt that our heavenly Father desires to help us in our time of need whatever it might be, and yet, we look around and notice that many have not received their answer.
When we begin to investigate the truth about healing and miracles, it does not take long to discover this is a complicated subject that includes
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Lawmakers in the batter’s box
Well, it’s time once again for my annual analysis of the batting averages of our legislative delegation.
Technically, the season isn’t over yet — they’re scheduled to come back on June 21 and drive home the budget, after a select group of senators and House members have finished debating the finer points of the infield fly rule.
But it’s pretty much all said and done as far as lawmaking is concerned, and the box scores follow much the same trend as last year — although 2020 was, of course, a very weird year. I filled in my box scores in mid-season, and then the pandemic hit and everything went askew like a wild pitch that gets
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