Musings

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing A NEW THING! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:18-19) The turning of the calendar to a new year often fills us with a...

Shari Young is a local children’s book author who lives in the PCB area. Shari writes with the intent to encourage children to learn about the beach. Her love for the beach and dolphins inspired her book series idea which came to life with book 1, “Learning the Waves...

By Sean Dietrich Willie Nelson is on my radio. He is singing one of my favorite songs. “In the twilight glow I see her, “Blue eyes crying in the rain, “When we kissed goodbye and parted, “I knew we’d never meet again…” I turn it up because I am a sucker for this tune. Though,...

By Sean Dietrich The old dog was found walking on the highway. She had no name. No home. Nobody. The guy who found her was a guy we’ll call Peter. I call him this because this is his name. Peter was 67 years old at the time. He was riding in a...

By Kerry Knight, Minister, Emerald Beach Church of Christ One of the most endearing hymns in our song books is “Oh To Be Like Thee.” It was written in 1893 by Thomas Obadiah Chisholm. He was born in a log cabin in Kentucky and was a man filled with grand...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants, You have perfected praise” (Matthew 21:16b) Imagine for just a moment, a tiny newborn baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. He is so vulnerable, so helpless, so dependent. It is hard...

By Kerry Knight, Minister for the Emerald Beach Church of Christ A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagon load of corn in the road. The farmer who lived nearby came to investigate. “Hey, Willis,” he called out, “forget your troubles for a spell and come on in and have dinner...

By Peter Fischetti The old man thought he had heard the surf, but it probably was just the wind. Rarely were the waves from the Gulf strong enough to make a sound you could hear on Back Beach Road. That’s where the old man lived, in a nursing home. His...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ I don’t know about you, but I miss Andy Williams singing that song in our title. He left us September 25, 2012. I hope he’s still singing that song up THERE. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, with the kids...

By Sean Dietrich JOHN—My angel story takes place when my wife was dying, and I watched everything go downhill in a matter of months. And every night, I would hear a voice tell me “You can get through this, John.” On the night she died, I heard that voice again. And...