Category: Opinion

IN GOOD FAITH: When God Calls, Pt. 6

By PASTOR MARK MOLINA Living Waters Church Will God call an individual who seems to be in a deserted and desolate place? Will God call a person who has seemingly lost it all? Will God call someone that society has said has fallen too far? Do any of these descriptions sound like your life and …

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CONSIDER THIS: No/True Colors

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com No Color? Mechanical complications associated with the printing press prevented the San Benito News from publishing its Wednesday, Oct. 29 mid-week edition in color. The production crew has been working tirelessly to resolve the problem as color capabilities are being restored. Unfortunately, it was necessary to print the Oct. …

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IN GOOD FAITH: When God Calls, Pt. 5

By PASTOR MARK MOLINA Living Waters Church Last week, we saw that God called Samuel by name. The first few times he heard his name called, Samuel thought that it was Eli the priest calling him. But when he ran to Eli, he told him that he didn’t call him and instructed him to go …

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LOCAL FOLKLORE: Halloween Short Stories from the Community

La Palma – The Palm Tree To the Editor, In the early 1950s, streets in el Jardín were unpaved, and kerosene stoves were still common. The introduction of street lights extended our playing time after dark and responsibilities like going to Don Pacheco’s store to get last minute groceries. One of the games that came …

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CONSIDER THIS: At My Windowsill

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Allow me to indulge my fascination with the supernatural. I so rarely get the opportunity, and Halloween is the perfect excuse to stretch my legs, so to speak. Consider that eerie stories of ghostly encounters and the like have always been a topic of interest among my family and …

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THE DOWNLOAD: Cutting the Cord

By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Cutting the cord is the cable plan I’ve always wanted. As media giants like Time Warner take steps to keep up with the increased demand for streaming content, we are seeing more options for those who are ditching the traditional cable box in favor of the almighty app. HBO …

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IN GOOD FAITH: When God Calls, Pt. 4

By PASTOR MARK MOLINA Living Waters Church When God calls us what does it look like? Is His call to a place of greatness? Will we hear the heavens roar with thunder?! Will it be so clear to us that we will immediately know it is God’s voice that we hear? Or will we need …

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CONSIDER THIS: Let’s get over these ‘Battle’ scars already

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I don’t want to live in a world where Manny Gomez has to apologize for his intensity, or where it becomes front page news for that matter. After reading a story published in another local newspaper on Friday about coaches from San Benito and Harlingen atoning for remarks that …

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THE DOWNLOAD: Zealotry is counterproductive to any cause

By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com I was scrolling through my Facebook feed when I came across a post on Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness. It’s a group I joined nearly a year ago when I first decided to try a vegan diet as part of my nutrition and fitness plan. So far, it’s gone well. …

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HEATHER HOPES: Secret Sweeper

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX HeatherCathleenCox@gmail.com Autumn is an enchanting season. My favorite, if I had to pick one of the four. It’s a beautiful gift from God to be able to watch leaves change color—whether gold, orange, red or purple—before turning brown and drifting to the earth, as sort of a crunchy blanket. Even though …

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