Category Archives: Opinions
A best friend is a gift you give yourself
I was thinking the other day about how wonderful it is to have friends. Last week I went to lunch with my best friend, and we always have a great time sharing our 
thoughts about life. Most of us have acquaintances, but we can usually count on one hand those who are trustworthy and loyal. These special friends are always ready to celebrate our victories and console us when we are going through a difficult time. The bottom line: we can trust them with everything, and we know that if anything serious were to happen, they would be by our side all the way to the end. In this day and age of electronic relationships, it’s refreshing to have those we can
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Courier Letters to the Editor 6-3-26
Something different
Dear Editor,
Here’s something different for a change.
I love old movies from the thirties to the fifties. One thing I love to do is look in the background and see what I can spot. Not bloopers I mean things that at the time which were of very little value then. Now these items are worth a fortune! Things like old radios such as Waterport Kent or Crosley. Some of these go for hundreds or even thousands today! Check it out and see on the Internet if you want. Then there are old cars some of which the company no longer exists.
The Three Stooges had an episode where they are taking their wives camping. They buy
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FBI reports large-scale senior losses from scams
This is painful to write: The FBI’s 2025 report says that seniors lost over $7.7 billion to scams — in one year. Complaints to their Internet Crime Complaint Center (also called 
IC3) showed losses had increased by 59% — again, in one year.
The information was grim. Where IC3 used to get a few thousand complaints per month, they were seeing 3,000 per day. Over the course of the year, seniors logged over
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A moment of appreciating our soulmate
Recently, I was sitting in my office on a dreary afternoon, tapping on the keyboard and listening to the rain blowing against the window. The house is quiet during the day as my writing routine includes our dog sprawled out on the cool hardwood floor, snoring contentedly around my desk.
Then it suddenly dawned on me, June 4 will be the
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2,500 years with no rules?
1 John 5:3 “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.”
From the creation of Adam (Genesis 2:7) until Moses came down from Mt. Sinai with the Ten Commandments (Exodus 34:29), 2,500 years had passed.
Mankind had existed for those 2,500 years with no rules
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When the perps get what they deserve
It’s rare that we’re able to look under the hood of the court cases when thieves that steal 
from the VA are caught and sentenced. But here we have a case, thanks to online documents, that allows us to do just that.
The crime: A man put together a scheme that involved billing the VA and Medicare through eight different
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Forgotten subscriptions
Here’s a short quiz. What do the following have in common: the local car wash, vitamins, printer ink, credit monitoring and razors.
The answer: They can all be subscription goods or services. And all of them could be expenses you’re paying for without being aware.
Per the research, our downfall is when the payments for those subscriptions are set to auto pay, either
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For the love of family and country
Memorial means to “remember” and every year on the last Monday in May, we honor those who sacrificed their life in the line of active military service.
The first amendment was not only signed into existence with ink, but with the blood of over 1.3 million
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William F. Holland Jr. is a minister, chaplain, psalmist and author. As a freelance faith writer, his books and newspaper and magazine articles are enjoyed around the world. Dr. Holland’s weekly column, “Living On Purpose” is focused on bringing spiritual hope and encouragement through God’s Word. Read more about the Christian life at billyhollandministries.com.
