Category: Editorials

The Second Continental Congress gathered in Philadelphia shortly after New Years, 1776. They faced a tough decision. A low-grade insurgency against British occupation had begun the previous year in Massachusetts. In response,…

I love America. I know you do too. I wonder, though, if we, as a nation, have become too independent.  This July 4, as we think about how much our nation needs…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT): Mutant Mayhem was released to the United States on August 2, 2023. The film begins with rogue scientist Baxter Stockman (Giancarlo Esposito), who successfully created a mutagen,…

When I was in my younger days, I enjoyed reading the exploits of Dick Tracy in the comics of the newspaper. I loved the fact that the story lines would go for…

­Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist A hunter fights the right of wildlife agents to freely roam over his clearly designated and marked “private land, do not enter.” Tom Manuel, owner of a…

James states a two part principle defining how a person will know if another person has faith. He basically says faith can only be shown by the works that are done. Abraham…

“Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your…

My husband has been growing a bucket garden. For those of you who don’t know what I’m referring to, he has multiple smaller containers the size of large planters and has planted…

As a boy growing up in the South during the late-1950s, I was attracted to all sports, but my first love was baseball. Since there were no Southern teams of any sport,…

You heard the best sermon about faith last Sunday. And now, less than a week later, you feel like you’ve let God down because you’re afraid. To make matters worse, you feel…

On Tuesday, June 18, the baseball world lost a true legend of the game. Willie Howard Mays, Jr., who earned the moniker “The Say Hey Kid,” passed away at the age of…

Since this is my first summer in Pensacola, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to be around my college friends and enjoy the beach more so than I do when I’m in Madison….

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist For decades, parents have lobbied for school choice. That is, campaigning to allow parents use money, the money already collected by the government for education purposes, for…

After talking about the royal law, James is instructing the brethren about their faith. He tells them that the only way their faith will save them is if their faith is producing…

“Dune: Part Two” was released on Friday, March 1, to American audiences. The movie was directed by Denis Villeneuve, and the screen play was written by Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts. The movie…

In the wake of the George Floyd murder and subsequent social unrest, there is considerable momentum to name Juneteenth as a national holiday celebrating the end of slavery. On June 19, 1865,…

Having one thing go wrong is easily shaken, but when one thing turns into two, into three on top of exhaustion and weary, rational thinking goes out the window. As I’ve shared…

It should come as no surprise that I enjoy sports. I do believe one of the “feathers in my cap” years ago when the “powers that be” decided to bring me on…

This past Sunday my church started a new summer series about unity. To open up the message, our pastor asked us a few questions to get us thinking, one of those questions…