The music we experience throughout our lives has a way of influencing our emotions and triggering memories, whether it’s a love song, smooth jazz or rock ‘n’ roll!  This month, Good News Wants to Know…What is the best concert you have ever attended? And who did you go with? My most memorable concert was The Rolling Stones in Jacksonville in 1975. I went with a recent acquaintance named Chad, and when he complained about what the traffic would be like going and coming, I suggested he rent a helicopter to fly us in and out. And that’s what we did. We […]

This month, Good News Wants to Know… Have you ever won a trophy, and would the activity surprise your friends? What was the trophy and when did you earn it? There is a trophy I received that would definitely surprise my friends. I am about as far from a fisherman as possible. One day, our church had a fishing fellowship with some of our leaders that were good fishermen. We had a competition for who could catch the biggest fish and the one time they allowed me to reel in something from the shore, I caught a 70-pound spinner shark. It was […]

Good News Wants to Know…. During your lifetime, what’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received, and who gave it to you? It is a quote by Abraham Lincoln – “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Mark Doyle, Chief Executive Officer, Holy Cross Health Many of us were privileged to know Bert de Vries through L2 and Bible study. As Bert battled with Lou Gehrig’s disease, he shared the following advice: “Surrender Early.”  At first I thought this was not good advice for a litigator but then the real meaning hit me: surrender the […]