This letter was printed in the Beltline Beacon, July 10, 2007. It was from a young brother in Christ, a very long way from home. We have had some of our own young men learn about being “alone” in hard places. Following the last two years while we were often separated from each other perhaps it will strike home in a different way. T.O. “To the Body of Christ that meets at Beltline Church of Christ, I got your box of pogey bait (that's army talk for goodies). It lasted abo

I've had the privilege to walk the cobble stone streets of the biblical city, Joppa. As I walked on the streets of that city and looked out at the Mediterranean Sea, I couldn't help but remember two significant biblical events that took place in this city. The first one involved the prophet Jonah. It was in Joppa where Jonah decided to flee from God by getting on a shop and disobeying God's call to go to preach t o the lost of Nineveh (Jonah 1:3). The second noteworthy event