Opinion

Body GUEST COLUMNIST So, Dan – what are you doing tonight? After 40-plus years, I can still hear one of my best friends from college asking that dreaded question.

Body She was such a beautiful tri colored basset hound, was so good with children and always liked to be petted. She would lay at your feet for hours if you continued to rub on her with your feet.

Body Luke 5:37-39 : “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

Body GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: My magnolia tree took a real beating in this past summer’s hot weather. I watered it every other day.

Body When I was five years old and my father worked for a subdivision developer, the Tyree family was giddily comparing floorplans for constructing a new house on a wooded lot next to our crowded domicile.

Body When America went to sleep on the night of Aug. 23 following the Republican presidential candidates’ debate, the Real Clear Politics polling averages put former president Donald Trump at 55 percent, Florida Gov.

Body Luke 6:41 (NIV) “Why do you notice the little piece of dust that is in your brother’s eye, but you don’t see the big piece of wood that is in your own eye?” This scripture verse is one of the most studied and preached in all Christian churches.

Body I heard a story about a far west Texas ranch that consisted of over 38,000 acres and it only had one water well on the whole place. That 2,000 feet deep well was on top of a flat top mountain, and it had a pumpjack on it to pump water.

Body Psalm 119:18 (NIV) “Open my eyes to see the wonderful things in your teachings.” This beautiful verse in Psalm 119 seems to be fairly straightforward. It suggests that we should open our eyes to read about the teachings we find in the Bible.

Body Nearly 60 years after discovering “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” I still watch the classic sitcom, but some of the punchlines haven’t held up particularly well. Or maybe I’m the one who hasn’t held up so well.