Category: Opinion

HEATHER HOPES: Complete-ly Single

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS HeatherCathleenCox@gmail.com I’m guilty. I’ve bought into the hype that is Godly singleness, which essentially teaches that single women are actually ladies in waiting for the right man. I think I even liked a Facebook page about “Waiting for my Boaz.” Sigh. Drilling the fantasy: I just need …

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IN GOOD FAITH: The Wisdom of God, Pt. 3

By PASTOR MARK MOLINA Living Waters Church We have learned in the last few weeks that God has perfect wisdom available for us. It is His desire to freely give us this perfect wisdom. We have also learned about the required attitude that one must have to receive anything from The Lord. We must have …

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CONSIDER THIS: Sbnewspaper.com in Retrospect

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Much of what’s said about the comments on sbnewspaper.com, I’m sure, is negative. In fact, I’ve long imagined that many a conversation in text messages or at the water coolers/break rooms/fax machines/kitchen tables of our lives consists of utter dismay and disgust. But then there are moments of laughter …

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THE DOWNLOAD: The Keyboard Warriors

By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Here’s to all the keyboard warriors. Those brave souls who hide behind the safety of their computer’s LCD screen, typing away with the fearless bravado of a seasoned fighter, afraid of nothing — except real-life people. Last week, someone commented on Michael Rodriguez’s column about U2 at the San …

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HEATHER HOPES: Giant Scrap Heap of Life

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS Everyone receives one lot in life, or what I refer to as one big, giant scrap heap. Yes, life gifts each person one giant mess, full of the splinters of dysfunctional relatives, the thorns of broken-heartedness and the snakes of evil motive. Your life may have gifted …

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IN GOOD FAITH: The Wisdom of God, Pt. 2

By PASTOR MARK MOLINA Living Waters Church Last week, we saw that God has perfect wisdom for our lives and we can access that wisdom by reading the Bible. Today, we will address the question: what kind of attitude must I have to receive the wisdom of God? We know that in any kind of …

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YOUR RIGHTS: Voter Identification Required

By MARY HELEN FLORES Citizens Against Voter Abuse Texas requires voters to present a current ID when voting. Ideally, one should be prepared to show their current voter registration card and a current form of photo ID when qualifying to vote at a polling location. Your voter registration card contains your 10 digit Voter Registration …

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CONSIDER THIS: This One’s for Me and U2

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I can trace my love for writing back to when I was about 11 years old. Inspired by a passion for music, I remember inking pen to paper my thoughts on how certain songs affected me at that time. Warning: I shared a similar story back in March 2010, but it …

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THE DOWNLOAD: The Need to Stay Connected

By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The long-rumored Apple Watch is a thing now. I look forward to the Apple Watch. I enjoy Apple’s products. That said, I’m not one of those fanboys who takes every marketing sheet that comes from the iPhone maker as pericope lifted from the Gospel of [late Apple co-founder Steve] …

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HEATHER HOPES: The Opportunity of a Lifetime

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS People are insatiable. You can provide a hungry person with the money to purchase food today, but tomorrow, the person will be hungry again. You can give someone all the love you’ve got to offer—more than you can afford—and they’ll need love again. You can teach someone …

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