Well, 2018 “is in the history books,” and 2019 is just beginning to be written. Regardless of how you feel about the past year, a new year offers new opportunities to experience the fulfillment of things that have been foreseen from before the beginning of time. This truth — and …
“I just can’t wait for Christmas!” “How many weeks … days until Christmas?” These and other variations are familiar cries, not only from children, but oftentimes adults as well. “Advent Anticipation Affliction” (as I like to call it) has been around for centuries, though sometimes for different reasons than today’s …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
As I begin to write this article on the 17th anniversary of 9/11, there is a merging of several events that cause me to focus my thoughts on the essence and embodiment of freedom.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
As you read this article, I am in Ohio, visiting with my wife Cathy’s family, an annual trip we make at this time every year. This year will feature something special we’ve not done before. Next week we will be going south to Kentucky for two days at the Creation …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
In our church foyer we have a memorial plaque area with the names and dates of members of the church who have passed through the years. My father and mother — who pastored the church for 25 years — are both listed there.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
One of the greatest sources of joy in life is the shared experience of helping others in a time of need - whether physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. This shared experience of joy is multiplied when many join together to make it happen. We have had the privilege of experiencing …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
I was the “runt of the litter” in our family. Sometimes the “runt” can feel small, weak, inadequate and unimportant — kind of a “left over,” getting all the “hand-me downs.” But I never felt that way, because my parents always said that because I was an unplanned-for “accident,” that …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
The results of last night’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament game between Gonzaga and West Virginia were not known at the time of this writing, but I am writing in the spirit of a fan who believes they will have won, and advanced to the “Elite Eight” round, which will be …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Every year it just seems to get worse. Now there’s talk about making “Black Friday” into “Black Thursday,” with big commercial stores beginning their “holiday sales” on Thanksgiving Day — infringing on the true meaning of both Thanksgiving and Christmas. And of course, we’ve noticed that advertising for “Christmas” is …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
I hope whoever I’m writing about — or someone who knows who it is — is reading this, because I really want them to know what I think, and how I feel. But even more, how God thinks and feels about them. I’ve been waiting for this turn at the …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Happy April Fool’s Day. Hope you’re wearing something green. Oh no, that was St. Patty’s Day. Forget it. “What kind of fool am I...?” Please don’t answer that, or write a letter of complaint to the Daily Bee. I could go on, but it would only make me look foolish …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
