A new beginning awaits the Becks
“The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your…
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
BOB BECK for The Chronicle
LTE: We owe Heyman, veterans much gratitude
Thank you for the articles about Col. Dick Heyman, one of our last remaining heroes that participated in Operation Overlord, known to many as D-Day or the Normandy invasion, June 6, 1944. So many in our younger generation do not…
Robert’s Ramblings: God is more than ‘He’ or ‘She’
“Praise our God, all peoples, let the sound of His praise be heard;He has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.“ — PSALM…
A rising tide lifts all boats, God’s word
“O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. … Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and…
Lent’s lesson: A time to every purpose, under heaven
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a…
Watch for miracles this Christmas season
“In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But…
Defend the oppressed
A ‘ramble’ on justice “Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.”– Isaiah 1: 17 Over the past couple of years I have been thinking about…
Dad’s influence made ‘good choices’ easier
“But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.…
Robert’s Ramblings: Embracing life’s contrasts
Beck “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and…
Robert’s Ramblings: The season of rebirth always lifts my spirits
Beck The season of rebirth always lifts my spirits “When through the woods and forest glades I wander, and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees; when I look down from lofty mountain grandeur and hear the brook, and…