News From Around The County
Guest Writer Spotlight: A Special Veterans Day Devotional – By Richard Lewis Over the years, I have come to really love and respect my friends who have served in the military and especially those who served in wartime. Those who have served during conflicts often don’t volunteer much information about their time in the military. It is not something they […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: Scott Speed at the 2011 Indy 500 – By Richard Lewis At 200+ MPH the car slammed into the outside wall, ending the team’s hope of competing at the Indianapolis 500. There was an interesting incident during the 2011 Indianapolis 500 race practice and qualifying. Scott Speed was driving the #20 Jay Penske Team car and throughout […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world… – By Richard Lewis When my wife and I were in New York City a few years ago we visited the main Apple store location. The clear glass street level entrance to the store includes a beautiful glass staircase. The day we stopped in the […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: Red – Right – Returning: By Richard Lewis When sailing along a coastline you may see lighthouses along the way to indicate hazards or entryways into harbors. These important aids to navigation only give you a broad brushstroke of where you are. As you get closer to the harbor entrance there will be buoys and lights indicating […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: Short Accounts – By Richard Lewis The story is told of a new clerk who waited on an old man at the country store. Once all the items on the shopping list were gathered up on the counter, the young clerk asked the standard question, “Mr. Simmons do you want to put this on your account?” The […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: Cubicle World – Richard Lewis I lived in a Cubicle World and where I worked at Boeing, there were lots of cubicles just like you might see in a Dilbert cartoon. SEE OTHER RECENT DEVOTIONALS BY RICHARD LEWIS: Religion Today: When a Christian departs this earthly realm Religion Today: 9/11 Her Name Was Genelle Religion Today: Am […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: When a Christian departs this earthly realm… – Richard Lewis Yesterday, Sue and I attended an outdoor celebration event for a longtime family friend who had died from Covid-19. To give you some idea of the casual nature of the event, I was dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and shorts. I kept asking Sue if she was […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: No Secrets – Richard Lewis The story is told of an 1800’s era newspaper editor who wanted to validate the integrity of some of the leaders in his community. He decided that the best way to accomplish this was to make up a list of a dozen outstanding business, political and professional men in the community and […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: Sailing – By Richard Lewis My wife and I used to rent a 30 foot sailboat and take our friends out for a sail around Newport harbor. We had taken some lessons through a sailing club. Most of our sailing adventures were close by in Newport Harbor but occasionally, we’d venture out into the ocean and sail […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: 9/11 – Her Name Was Genelle – By Richard Lewis On the Tuesday morning of September 11, 2001 many Boeing employees, like myself, were already at work. Then the news reports came in that there had been a plane crash in New York. Several of us sat watching the TV, mesmerized and horrified by the events taking place. We […]
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