The Rock Around the Clock festival was absolutely wonderful Friday night. I have been several times before on Friday night, but I have never seen as good a turnout as last night. We enjoyed the evening and stayed until about 11p.m. The band was outstanding as well as the entire event. Many thanks to the […]
From the Pulpit: God, Give Me Patience
October 12, 2017 By
Possessing patience or longsuffering is one of the hardest characteristics to cultivate in our walk with the Lord. Patience or longsuffering is difficult to cultivate because it is an attribute that is only developed when we face challenging or demanding circumstances in life. And yet, when mastered, patience can lead to the advancement of a […]
Letter to Editor: Nukegate Questions
October 12, 2017 By
Questions of the week for Fairfield County’s State Representatives MaryGail Douglas and Mike Fanning: What are you doing to ensure Santee Cooper, SCANA and their top executives are held accountable for their role in the NUKEGATE fiasco? Is supporting a criminal investigation of the NUKEGATE misdeeds included somewhere in your plans? I’d like to read […]
From the Pulpit: God is Worthy to be Praised
October 5, 2017 By
Examples in Scripture of praising God abound. Moses praised God (Exodus 15:1,2), and he also commanded the people of Israel to offer praise to the Lord (Deuteronomy 10:17-21). David praised God (II Samuel 22:1-4; I Chronicles 16:25-27), and he also wrote many of the 160 examples of praise given God in the book of Psalms. […]
From the Pulpit: What Makes a Good Prayer?
September 28, 2017 By
Many Christians want to have a good prayer life but often wonder what makes for an effective prayer. Jesus answers this concern in Matthew (6:9-13) as He teaches His followers how they should pray. First, Jesus says, we ought to pray, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.” In this, Jesus is telling us […]
My Sister and Me: It wasn’t Houston, but… (continued)
September 21, 2017 By
Continued from last week Surely the worst was over, at least for that night. Due to someone cancelling a reservation, Delaine and I ended up with a motel room in Smithfield, N.C. Our plan was to get a good night’s sleep, eat a hot breakfast and, head home. But things did not go as planned. The lights in our motel room […]
Letter to the Editor: Bernie’s Choice
September 21, 2017 By
Infamous financier Bernie Madoff choose the wrong profession. As you know, Madoff was sentenced to 150 years for his elaborate schemes of deception, faux promises, fraud and grossly negligent management of billions of dollars of other people’s money. As a fraudulent financier, Madoff was held accountable for his despicable actions which caused irreparable harm to […]
As Blythewood Turns: Blythewood Chamber bites the hand that feeds it
September 14, 2017 By
It was called to my attention last Thursday that a letter had been published in The Country Chronicle from an enraged Belinda Portnall, chairwoman of the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce, verbally attacking Blythewood Town Council members Eddie Baughman and Tom Utroska for expressing their concerns during the Aug. 21 Town Council meeting about the […]
From the Pulpit: Pure Callousness
September 14, 2017 By
Jamel Dunn, age 32, drowned on July 9 in a large pond in Cocoa, Florida. Sadly, his decomposed body was not found until July 14. There is a possibility that all of this could have been prevented if it were not for the callousness of a group of teenagers. While struggling to save his own […]
Letter to the Editor: Let’s Cut Our Losses
September 7, 2017 By
The reoccurring nightmare known as VC Summer offers a daily stream of incredible stories of greed, cover ups, gross mismanagement, and just plain gosh awful stupidity. Certainly we need to hold the culprits consequentially accountable and adjust the utility regulations which enabled this disaster. Most importantly our legislators should cease pursuing the impossible dream of […]
