Opinion | Faith & Inspiration
By Rabbi Rick Sherwin
We began 2021 with the bright promise of COViD-19 vaccinations that will allow us back together, then we were immediately enveloped …
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1/16/21
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration
By Rabbi Rick Sherwin
The first month of the secular year, January, takes its name from the Roman god of beginnings and endings.
Always at the …
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1/3/21
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The stories that shaped the community in a year that will never be forgotten
By any measure, 2020 was a year that will live in infamy. The pandemic saw to it. But many other events shaped Apopka …
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12/30/20
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Faith & Inspiration
By Charles Towne
Have you ever heard the song of snow? Oh, you didn't know that snow could sing? Listen, as I tell my story.
The people of the far north, known …
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12/19/20
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration By Mike Gilland If you can, take a moment and read these two verses from Isaiah, chapter 9: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall …
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12/19/20
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration By Mike Gilland We are in that most magical of all times of the year… Christmas. Growing up, the month of December was one that seemed to take its good ole’ time …
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12/12/20
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration
By Charles Towne
It has been several years since I went camping in Florida’s Ocala Forest one dark night, and pitched my tent on top of a fire ant’s …
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12/12/20
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Hanukkah begins the evening of Thursday, December 10 and ends the evening of Friday, December 18
Opinion | Faith & Inspiration
By Rabbi Rick Sherwin
As a child in Religious School …
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12/9/20
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Opinion | Business
By Alejandro Carrera
With tourism contributing as much as 10% of Florida’s annual gross domestic product, it is plausible to think that the small business community in …
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12/9/20
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Opinion
By Mark Gilchrist
Floridian football fans are spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing their favorite local NFL team, especially here in Apopka, which is pretty much slap-bang …
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12/8/20
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration By Mike Gilland I grew up on the outskirts of Evansville, Indiana. Our house was situated on a rural road, literally the last road within the city limits. We lived …
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12/5/20
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration By Mike Gilland Thanksgiving Day has now passed, and here we are in the official Christmas season, one of my favorite times of the year. But for many, and very …
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11/28/20
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration By Mike Gilland I came by it honestly, growing up in a home of coffee drinkers. It took a little while, but by the time that I was a young broadcaster signing on a …
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11/25/20
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Opinion
By Linda Williams
As our hair grays, faces wrinkle, and our bodies morph into their newest forms, it can be difficult to stand in front of the mirror and feel satisfied with what …
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11/22/20
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Opinion
By Linda Williams
It will take years to figure out how drastically the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our health. Every month, experts release evidence that shows COVID-19 is …
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11/22/20
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration
By Jeremy David Engels, Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State
Hands over the heart in prayer pose. A little bow of the head. A gesture …
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11/21/20
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration
By Charles Towne
"BEAR!"
Hardly a week goes by without our hearing of another bear being sighted in a residential neighborhood, and it elicits little …
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11/21/20
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration By Mike Gilland I grew up LOVING Thanksgiving, for many reasons. First of all, it was the official launch of the Christmas season. And, as with many of us still …
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11/21/20
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration
By Angela Gorrell, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology, George W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University
The year 2020 hasn’t been one to …
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11/15/20
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration
By Charles Towne
I’m sorry, but I like to watch people. And no, I am not a peeping tom, but you know what I mean. Say you are in a public place, such as …
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11/15/20
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Opinion | Faith & Inspiration By Mike Gilland When the inexplicable happens, there is no comfort for our souls like that provided by the Holy Spirit. For that, I am so grateful. The scriptures …
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11/15/20
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Inspiration By Reggie Connell Four years ago, on Veterans Day 2016, I had an unforgettable experience that directly applies to where we are right now - in post-election 2020. A group of dentists and …
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11/10/20
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Opinion
By Danielle LaChance
Research shows that 85% of a business's customers live or work within a four-mile radius of the business in question. But given our nation's current health …
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10/1/20
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OPINION
By Danielle Lachance
Daylight Savings Time has long been controversial within the United States. The custom was first instituted in the late nineteenth century and has cycled in and …
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9/22/20
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By John Haughey | The Center Square
Florida’s health care system is among the nation’s worst in access, affordability, avoidable use, consistent pediatric care and overall costs, especially …
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9/16/20
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