Michael J. Brooks | Guest Columnist It was a story from “The New York Post” last spring that I pondered and saved. The headline proclaimed, “City removes last-standing public payphone from NYC street.” The accompanying picture showed the removal of a telephone counter, not the old-fashioned telephone booth in which Superman changed clothes. It used…
I normally don’t use this space for writing book reviews, but there is one that has really been working on my heart lately: “The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness” by Timothy Keller. It’s short enough to read in about an hour or two. Because of this book, I’ve been doing a lot of self reflection and trying…
I believe it is safe to say I am the first person in the 125-year history of the Apalachicola Public Library to wrap tefillin there. In English translation, this means I am the first to “don phylacteries” there. It is also probably only the second, maybe third time I have ever used the word phylacteries…
On January 27, the world will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a symbolic date to commemorate the victims of Nazism. Murderous Nazi terror targeted millions for reasons of biology, nationality, or political ideology. But few people know that the Nazis’ victims included thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses, who suffered for their Christian faith. Jehovah’s Witnesses, also…
When their 5-year-old son came home from school with a bloody lip and scraped face, Daniel and Jessica discovered it was not just an innocent playground accident. Their child was being bullied. As millions of children head back to school this year, more than one in five of them will have a similar experience, according…
i let Louis Van Vleet down but he didnt let me down.
Let me explain.
For those who knew him, every year at the First Baptist Churchs Veterans Day ceremony, Mr. Louis would take
Have you ever been disrespected?
Have you ever in your thoughts, words, attitudes or actions disrespected someone else?
If so, why do we act so offended when someone treats us
If we cant agree on anything else, we can at least agree that America is struggling. Perhaps considering John Adams` words could help get the United States of America back on track. An article titled 4th of July Article on Wallbuilders.com says, John Adams believed that the Fourth of July should become a religious holiday…
Do you and your spouse have such terrible arguments that you feel lost and depressed? Have you been in a bad place in your marriage for so long that you sometimes wish God didnt speak so much against divorce in the Bible? Ive written several columns about Bert and me. Although Ive tried to be…
Do you compare yourself to other moms? When you see their family photos on social media with their perfectly-dressed, smiling children, do you wonder how do they do it? Why do their lives seem so perfect? How did they master Proverbs 31 so well? How does it make you feel when you attend family gatherings…
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