Musings

By Kirk McCarley During my years working as an executive in large organizations I observed that those most impacted by change were almost always the ones most resistant to it. Let me explain. In 2008 the organization I was with at the time embarked on one such journey of change by transitioning...

By Rev. Pete Hyde I turned out of the sub-division onto the crowded, school-traffic-clogged main road.  Though it had been dark when I awoke, the sky had brightened from gray to pink and now to yellow as the sun floated above the eastern horizon.  I turned east on the highway...

By Doug Stauffer The most controversial issue on the November ballot is Amendment 4, titled the “Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion.” Abortion is, unfortunately, divisive, but this amendment is deceptive. This change to the state’s Constitution would forever alter Florida. While Amendment 4 is being marketed as a...

By Kirk McCarley Best-selling author Jacob Morgan wrote that we become who surrounds us. “If you surround yourself with negative people, you’ll become negative. But if you surround yourself with successful, growth-minded people, you’ll become successful too. I experienced this firsthand.  For years, I surrounded myself with those who didn’t support or...

Rev. Pete Hyde serves as chaplain with the South Walton Fire District The morning was still and serene.  The sun had been up an hour or so and the air was thick with gulf humidity.  The bay stretched out before us like a sheet of mirrored glass pushing its way...

By Victoria Ostrosky A poignant scene in the Gospel of Mark is set against the backdrop of a lesson Jesus taught his disciples about the importance of having faith like children.  It’s a quick little scene typically used as a stepping-stone to the ‘bigger lesson’. Kenneth Wuest, a Greek scholar, in...

By Pete Hyde They sat at a corner table directly in front of a wall of plate glass windows seemingly oblivious to the crowd at the small restaurant located in what is called “Under the Hill” in Natchez, Mississippi.  It was a typical muggy, lazy, Mississippi Sunday evening.  A flotilla...

BY Kirk McCarley Unless filled with apples or cherries, the concept of turnover is generally negative. Statistics support that assumption.  In an NFL game, for example, each team will possess the football an average of 10 to 12 times.  Scoring is already difficult in the league, given that the average tally...

By Stephenie Craig Our oldest son walked away from us and into his dorm just before we headed out of town after the first college move in. The symbolic moment of him walking away from his childhood and into his adulthood wasn’t lost on me and brought some tears. Now...

By Sean Dietrich Kansas City International Airport. I was standing in a long, LONG line, waiting to board my plane. We were like cattle, clogging up the chute. Nobody was happy. Namely, because yesterday the whole world underwent a historic global internet outage, which delayed and canceled nearly 3,000 American flights....