Columns & Editorials

HOPPIN’ AROUND

News Staff
Wed, 04/19/2017 - 16:46
The way I’ve always understood it, freedom of expression is exactly what the phrase implies: freedom to say anything one wants, even if it’s unpopular or offensive. To me, that includes any kind of expression except what’s expressly forbidden by law.

Three Rights Make a Left

News Staff
Wed, 04/19/2017 - 16:43
It seems that Forney has reached the cutting edge of high-tech grocery shopping. Both Kroger and Walmart offer a service where you don’t even have to get out of your car to shop. You just download their app on your computer or your smart phone, shop, and pay online.

Stranger Than Most

News Staff
Wed, 04/19/2017 - 16:41
I’m jealous of my older brother for several things, none of which include his being older. Mostly I resent the fact that he knew, seemingly from birth, what he wanted to do with his life (become a physicist) while I floundered around for years trying to get a clue.

Laymen’s Corner

News Staff
Wed, 04/19/2017 - 16:35
Joseph has been sold into Egypt where GOD will use him to continue His plan for the redemption of mankind, but now let’s go back and see how the devil (Satan) has tried to destroy everything GOD does.

HOPPIN’ AROUND

News Staff
Wed, 04/12/2017 - 14:28
Easter, like Christmas, tickles my memory cells. Both are festive holidays that can generate powerful emotional associations. My earliest memories of Easter come down from when I was probably 4. My sister, Les, and I awoke Easter morning to find baskets next to our beds.

Stranger Than Most

News Staff
Wed, 04/12/2017 - 14:25
When I went to college the first time (back in the good ol’ Paleolithic), I took a bunch of courses in education. Which is fortunate because I’m constantly having to teach my husband a thing or two. I swear it’s like having a kid around. All day it’s “Why?”, “Why?”, “Why?

Laymen’s Corner

News Staff
Wed, 04/12/2017 - 14:20
As GOD continued His plan to redeem mankind, He chose Jacob to be the father of twelve sons who are to be the beginning of the twelve tribes of Israel. GOD again appeared to Jacob and told him to move back to Bethel and live there.

HOPPIN’ AROUND

News Staff
Wed, 04/05/2017 - 13:46
We at the Forney Messenger are in the process of rebranding ourselves. With this issue, we have a new front-page masthead logo. We are, and want to make it clear that we are, a paper for everyone in Forney.

Laymen’s Corner

News Staff
Wed, 04/05/2017 - 13:45
There was unrest in Laban’s house because Jacob had become very wealthy while working for Laban. He had many herds of livestock and servants to tend them. He had already talked to Laban to let him go back to his homeland like GOD had told him to do.

Stranger Than Most

News Staff
Wed, 04/05/2017 - 13:44
I’ve written before about the hypocrisy of our nation when it comes to drug use. On the one hand, we label it a moral failing and a scourge. One the other hand, we push drugs like nobody’s business. Most magazines contain many multi-page ads for cholesterol pills or anti-depressants.