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Poopdeck: Nearly a century of adventure — Part 4
In 1947, their correspondence led to wedding bells, and the magazine subscription led them to make a new…
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Minister’s Message: With spring approaching, a reminder to shed earthly weights
The Bible tells us to lay aside the weights that may restrict us from doing what the Lord…
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Minister’s Message: Throttles and old carpet
Dysfunctional means that the abnormal has become normal.
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Poopdeck: Nearly a century of adventure — Part 3
“For a while,” said Poopdeck, “we were eating guinea pigs.”
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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Eggs and taxes
The days are a little longer, the temperatures a few degrees warmer.
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Poopdeck: Nearly a century of adventure — Part 2
The story of Poopdeck Platt, who lived in Homer for nearly half a century, began in the American…
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Unhinged Alaska: Winter ya gotta be kidding me
When is this erratic weather going to chill with the schizoid act?
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Poopdeck: Nearly a century of adventure — Part 1
Clarence Hiram Platt — who preferred to have people call him Poopdeck — may have been slowing down,…
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Minister’s Message: Is it worth the risk?
What good is momentary fame, wealth, or admiration if it ultimately costs us what matters most — our…
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Minister’s Message: Living in the community of faith
Many of us tend to stay within our own denomination for purposes of what we consider to be…
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Mostly separate lives: The union and disunion of Nellie and Keith — Part 5
After a bankruptcy, a divorce and an 18-year absence from Alaska, Louis Keith McCullagh headed north on vacation.
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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: January’s done
This has been the strangest January I can remember, and to hear others, apparently it’s pretty unprecedented.
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Mostly separate lives: The union and disunion of Nellie and Keith — Part 4
The two members of what the Cordova Daily Times had once called a “popular young couple” began carving…
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Minister’s Message: Jesus’ social media profile
At the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, according to Luke’s Gospel, he essentially fills out his social media profile.
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Mostly separate lives: The union and disunion of Nellie and Keith — Part 3
As Keith McCullagh sailed home from Europe in the spring of 1926, he may have believed himself on…
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Minister’s Message: Trust the Lord Jesus to make things new
I read in the Bible the Lord’s claim in Revelation, “Behold, I make all things new.”
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Mostly separate lives: The union and disunion of Nellie and Keith — Part 2
By this point their lives were beginning to diverge.
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Minister’s Message: Let’s get ready to …
The word, “fight,” usually conjures up aggression and conflict in a negative way.
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Minister’s Message: Being a person of integrity and truth
Integrity and truth telling are at the core of Christian living.
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Mostly separate lives: The union and disunion of Nellie and Keith — Part 1
It was an auspicious start, full of good cheer and optimism.