Article of Faith Rick Warren in his classic, “The Purpose Driven Life,” asks this penetrating question: “How do you see your life?”
How you define “life” determines how you invest your time, talent, and treasure ...
Les Vieux Temps Several years ago I was asked by an elderly gentleman to consider allowing him to use a metal detector in search of buried treasure on my property between North Portage and Arnaudville. Of course ...
Article of Faith The Louisiana Baptist Convention is calling on all Christians to join in a concentrated effort to prepare, pray, and plead with God to send revival and spiritual awakening all across our state and...
Baja St. Martin I’ll tell you what folks, Skype is really neat. I just called/saw my daughter and her husband in Florida, and it is so much fun to look at them while we’re talking. If I can just get at least one ...
Les Vieux Temps Children and some adults were scared of the gris-gris! Many really didn’t know what it was, but it sounded real spooky. The word gris-gris is usually spelled gri-gri in Acadiana, but pronounced gr...
Les Vieux Temps Learning the English language was so difficult for young students during the late 1930’s and early 1940’s.
Children were punished at school for using any language except English. For many student...
An Article of Faith At the beginning of each new year we focus on making “New Year Resolutions.”
What’s a “New Year Resolution” anyway?
Someone has defined it like this: “A New Year’s resolution is a commitment tha...
Les Vieux Temps Christmas 2011 is history and a new year is about to begin.
Throughout modern history the people in the majority of countries consider New Year’s Day the most festive holiday. The actual date wh...
Baja St. Martin I’ve just returned from a four day visit with my oldest daughter and her family in Pensacola.
On the way I picked up my oldest granddaughter and her boyfriend at the NOLA airport, and we all enjo...
An Article of Faith Last week we saw that God uses “ordinary people” to win people to faith in Christ. And one of the most effective ways to share our faith is by sharing our personal testimony.
However we must rea...
An Article of Faith The Old Testament book of Lamentations describes the funeral of a city. It’s a tear-stained portrait of the once proud city of Jerusalem now reduced to rubble and ashes by the invading Babylonian ...
Baja St. Martin My husband and I took a very nice boat ride in Belle River not long ago.
On our way back home, we drove to the site of the new “bridge” in Belle River, the one which now spans a waterway from the...
