Category: Editorials

Last week, I had the privilege of attending a community meeting regarding the state of our county schools. Person after person shared their heart for keeping the smaller schools in our district…

After talking about how a person should judge themselves before judging others, Jesus gives a warning using a metaphor. Using a proverbial format, Jesus says holy things should not be given to…

There are a lot of things that change with time. Food preferences, body features, relationships all become altered in some form as years go by. Friendships is a big one that changes…

There are a lot of things that change with time. Food preferences, body features, relationships all become altered in some form as years go by. Friendships is a big one that changes…

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist On Dec. 16, 1773, the most revered and celebrated Tea Parties of all time, occurred. That Tea Party has been celebrated, and reenacted, in Boston, Mass., for…

Have you become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal? You may have without realizing it. 1 Corinthians 13:1 (ESV) says, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but…

Plagiarism is not a word that we normally use in our day-to-day vocabulary. Since it is a focus in recent national news, I thought it might be valuable to speak about this…

Once a month, I have the privilege of speaking at Honey Lake Cinic, a Christian recovery facility in Madison County. Each trip, I pass a house with a semi parked in the…

Well, here we are. Time to flip another year on the calendar. I should say, “Time to get another calendar,” which reminds me of a cute story that has nothing to do…

Jesus shifts topics in His sermon from teaching about our priorities to teaching about how we judge people. Jesus is not saying we should not judge other people, but rather He is…

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist The headline read, in big box letters, “FLORIDA FREEZE WORST SINCE 1899” in the Dec. 14, 1962 New York Times, p. 1 and 9. The 1962 article…

Well, we have officially entered the year 2024! It is crazy to think just how fast 2023 went by. That being said, the small break that we had for the holidays is…

At only eleven years old, “Stacey” found herself on the streets. She was afraid, but she knew it had to be better than the home situation she was running from.  Her optimism…

It was roughly sixty years ago that Bob Dylan (a.k.a. Robert Zimmerman) wrote the lyrics and music to an early 1960s protest song, “Blowin’ in the Wind.” He addresses topics like war,…

­­The last week of school before Christmas break, my youngest got the stomach bug. Then the Sunday after they let out for the holiday, my oldest began running fever. He stayed feverish…

Jesus continues His sermon about the placement of priorities in His followers’ lives. He instructs the crowd to “not worry about your life” as it relates to eating, drinking and the clothes…

Before you read any further, you can be sure that I am not one of those who hears voices in their head that tell them to do goofy things. There are times,…

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist Was Florida’s “Fountain of Youth” rediscovered in the 1860s? That was the question asked in the Nov. 30, 1874 edition of the New York Times, p. 4….

I hope that everyone had a very merry Christmas! I am looking forward to a new year filled with self-growth and development. I have recently embarked on a new adventure in my…

Did your choices throughout the year (specifically behavior-related) bring an abundance of joy or way too many regrets? I hope you’re among those in the “abundance of joy” group. But if 2023…