Psalms 107:20 — He sent His Word, and healed them, and delivered them, from their destructions.
Not long ago, leafing through my considerable “archives” (a.k.a. mounds of old magazines), I came across in the January 2008 issue of Guidepos…
James 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is…
Following his adulterous affair with Bathsheba, King David felt miserable. Guilt, one of the most unpleasant human emotions, drained his life …
Debbie Jefko, Sisterhood President of the Jewish Congregation of Venice (JCV), is keeping members connected as well as helping the Venice community.
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to s…
The Board of Presbyterian Woman at Venice Presbyterian Church met recently at the home of Niki Steitz, masked and socially distanced, to plan …
VENICE GARDENS — Blue Lotus Meditation Center is hosting beginner classes in drumming taught by Linda Marie Macchia.
One morning the following prayer greeted me at my fax machine:
A visit to my doctor launched him on a search to find the reason for a feeling of heaviness in my chest.
James 1:4 — But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Satchel Paige, the baseball diamond philosopher of another era, gained national recognition for his rules for successful living. The most freq…
Stairs are very important for us to attain access to the upper rooms of our house, or to the higher floors in a building. Without stairs, we w…
SEDONA — Over the years, what I have learned about the planet Venus is that it is a most uninhabitable place.
Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
There we were, standing at one of our favorite places: near the end of a pier extending into Lake Michigan at sunset.
In 2018, Amanda Cook, an artist and poet in Gloucester, Massachusetts, initiated an art project to remember the victims of gun violence in the…
As the pandemic continues, High Holy Days services at Venice area temples will be different this year.
Colossians 2:6-8 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him: rooted and built up in Him, and established in the fait…
The three keys to success in life are vision, faith and labor. Vision, without faith and work, produces only visionaries: People who dream gre…
Disturbing headlines like these are enough to trouble us all:
The start of the school year always leads me down memory lane. Suddenly I’m back at that one-room country school being welcomed by Mrs. Martin…
Luke 12:19-21 In the parable of the rich man who build large barns to store all his goods Jesus spoke these words: I will say to my soul, Soul…
In our community, we are very familiar with canals. Water comes in and flows out depending on the tides. Sometimes the level of the canal wate…
For nearly a year our church had been preparing for a weeklong youth outreach headed by a well-known speaker. Then, shortly before the kick-of…
When Bill Hawks was 64 years old, he accepted a call to be a missionary to Kenya, East Africa, even though accepting that call hadn’t been par…
SARASOTA — Jewish Family & Children’s Service of the Suncoast recently elected attorney David Shapiro and Dr. R. Dean Hautamaki to its boa…