“How uncomfortable are you willing to become to welcome someone else into your community?” That question was put to me years ago by a wise and wizened preacher, forcing me to think about the boundari…
Category: faith
KEEPING THE FAITH: Truth is truth
As I was coming up in the hard-baked fundamentalism of Appalachia, my religious instructors began to feverishly warn me of the dangers I would face in the world. It consisted of the obligatory advise…
COMING FROM GOD: Local author releases second book of poetry
Glenda B. Frazier has been writing her entire life. As a young girl, one of nine children, she would write in…
First Church Milton offers ’Reset’ series of sermons
MILTON — What does a reset look like for you? Do you feel like you lack significance or fulfillment? Is there a part of you that asks, "Is this all there is in life?"
Just as you sometimes have to…
Baptist Health Care Foundation receives $100,000 grant
The Baptist Health Care Foundation received a $100,000 grant from the Cigna Foundation through its World of…
Organizations band together to provide Christmas dinners in Navarre
NAVARRE — This season a few thoughtful and caring people connected to make Christmas dinner happen for many in the Navarre community.
The little church on the corner of Panhandle Trail and Highway…
Author addresses students about kindness, giving
PACE — Best-selling author Jason Wright addressed 1,200 students at Sims Middle School about the importance of kindness and giving in their lives simply by collecting change in a jar and giving the j…
Creek Indian Pow Wow starts Saturday
MILTON — The Santa Rosa County Creek Indian Tribe invites everyone to attend the 29th annual Pow Wow Saturday and Sunday this weekend.
This year’s Pow Wow is dedicated to Chief Thomas “Blue Eyes” …
A good time for a good cause
CHUMUKLA — The Living Truth Church was converted into a performance hall last Friday night as members turned it into The Farmer’s Opry.
The reunion show was a fundraiser for the Living Truth Churc…
Church-based Halloween events
Many local churches will have volunteers decorate their cars and fill their trunks with candy for trunk or treat. Some even host a full festival.
Check out the church-hosted Halloween events we fou…