By Brenda Black If you knew a choice you made would result in the chances of your dying being one in ten, would you take that risk? If you answered yes, you might just have a thrill-seeker gene. With recent … Read More
By Brenda Black “The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, ‘Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to … Read More
By Brenda Black The 120 million dollar question: If I had $120 million, why would I spend it on ugly art? I never did understand the appeal of “The Scream,” by Edvard Munch. I’m not sure why anyone would want … Read More
By Brenda Black “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 … Read More
By Brenda Black I wouldn’t have believed it if I had not seen it. That same ghost town of a gas station I visited last week, where I prayed for a clerk with a bad headache, was booming with business … Read More
By Brenda Black I’m in the sunshine state where right down the road are a couple of multi-million dollar theme parks that can break the family bank in just a week. They are dubbed the happiest places on earth. Apparently, … Read More
By Brenda Black I was tempted to pull some clever prank in my column this week. To string you along and then drop a zinger at the end. I thought about presenting some falsified, zany news item or an outlandish … Read More
By Brenda Black As the earth warms and skies brighten, the transformation in God’s creation blossoms hour by hour. Where once there withered beige reeds bent from shouldering tons of snow this winter, there is now a sprig of emerald … Read More
USMC 235th Birthday Tribute