Opinion

After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias.[a] 2 A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. 3 Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. 5 When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. 7 Philip answered him, “Six months’ wages[b] would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?” 10 Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.”

It’s an old dream of mine, and I just may do it - buy a travel trailer and live on the American road for weeks at a time. Recreational vehicle living is a growing trend, particularly for younger people who, post-Covid, prefer to work at home instead of commuting to their company’s office building.

I was down the shore this weekend, enjoying the sea, the sun, and the sweeping panorama of people without masks. Honestly, that was even more beautiful than the sunset over the Atlantic.

July is a wonderful month to celebrate with food, go to farmers markets, eat fresh produce from your garden, or buy that fresh produce. July is a popular month for national food celebrations. Besides being National Ice Cream Month, July is also National Hot Dog Month.

Dear Neil: Could you please explain why my tree keeps raising the ground all around it? What’s going on? You have a lovely live oak, and if you ever look at a really old (100-250 years old) live oak, you’ll see that it has huge buttressing roots that almost mirror its bottom branches. It’s part of the mystery and majesty of this spectacular tree species, and I suppose it has evolved from a need to anchor itself firmly against strong Gulf winds during hurricanes.

Every night, just before bed, he’d thank his bride of 70 years for giving him another wonderful day on Earth. That was the sweethearted nature of Jack Krieger, my family’s nextdoor neighbor for more than 30 years.

I confess that I had never heard of Oli London. I heard of Oli London.

July is one of my favorite months because so many food events are happening. It is National Ice Cream Month, National Blueberry, National Hot Dog Month, and Baked Bean Month.

Mark 4:35 “On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ 36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37 A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ 39 He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40 He said to them, ‘Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?’ 41 And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’”