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Put God in charge of the wheel
Bonner County pastors share messages of faith and hope.
Praying together in community
Life is busy. Church can be busy. Family is busy. Sports, social events, work and other priorities often keep us spinning our wheels. Some of us have learned the power of rest during the busy-ness, but most of us r…
An Inexplicable panoply of entertainment awaits
SANDPOINT – The inexplicable panoply of entertainment options speaks for itself this week. Along with a crazy amount of live music, there are two musicals on tap, a couple of films on screen and Sandpoint Rotary ho…
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Opening a dialogue about STDs, facts
What did Al Capone, Ludwig van Beethoven and Abraham Lincoln have in common? They all allegedly had syphilis. Obviously, Lincoln didn’t die from it, but it’s believed that he infected Mary whose knife-like back pai…
Sam Walker gives up his 'smokes' to aid war effort
100 Years ago — 1918
Try, try, and try again until you achieve goals
The simplicity of trial and error are society’s means of solving life’s problems. Yet so many people are afraid to undertake the trial because they’re too afraid of experiencing the error.
Unexpected inspirations bring both hope, joy
Today occasional gaps in the clouds reveal pockets of hopeful blue. And who can deny the robin’s song of spring cheer. Exuberance spills forth unashamed. I want to open my hands to catch the joy.
Get outside, get moving and have a lot of fun
As promised, here is the balance of “Fun, Run, and Bike Events” for 2018 that I was able to identify. These events are by no means a complete list of new events that pop up every week.
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First things first: Or what you should know before heading out
It’s catching and we’ve all got a touch of it. Cabin fever. If we’re not currently working on our boat we are certainly thinking about getting it ready so we c…
Week celebrates nation's libraries
National Library Week is April 8-14. Nestled within that annual observance is Library Workers Day.
The hope of radical remission
I don’t know this to be totally true, but I suspect there are few families in our community who haven’t been touched by cancer. It seems that everywhere I listen carefully, someone’s close or distant relative is de…
Questions and why religion doesn't work
I believe most of us have at one time or another questioned religion or our Christian walk and wonder why it wasn’t working.
But wait, there is still more fun on the horizon
SANDPOINT — Rolling into April, we have always-interesting weather and a great, local slate of events.