Columns
BOWEN COLUMN: Lickin’ that calf again!
About a decade ago, I heard the great motivational speaker Zig Ziglar tell a memorable story. It kind of reminded me of what my mama ...
Steven Ray Bowen, Author at LaGrange Daily News - Page 6 of 20
Columns
BOWEN COLUMN: Jus’ when you thought you’d seen it all
Through the years, we’ve shared together a good helping of ‘jus’ when you thought you’d seen it all’ columns. I think one of the first ...
by Steven Ray Bowen, Saturday, May 15, 2021 10:00 am
Columns
BOWEN COLUMN: Don’t ever lose that childlike wonder
Today’s front-porch visit is for all of you who feel a little stressed. Okay, I guess I can rephrase that: It’s for all of you. ...
by Steven Ray Bowen, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 9:15 am
Columns
BOWEN COLUMN: Greatest motivator of modern times
It wasn’t our modern-day hero’s own faith that saw him through his very first crisis. It was his grandmother’s. It is quite a story. Nine ...
by Steven Ray Bowen, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 9:15 am
Columns
BOWEN: The man who made the long journey to faith
Every time I think of the Easter season, I think of those who make a long journey from disbelief to faith. One of those individuals ...
by Steven Ray Bowen, Thursday, April 8, 2021 3:01 pm
Columns
Feeling awful for the boys’ bad, bad weekend
With March Madness in full bloom -- and my Houston Cougars riding high into the Sweet Sixteen — I thought back to the year 2003 ...
by Steven Ray Bowen, Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:00 pm
Columns
Bowen column: Meet grouchy people on their end of the brick wall
The truth is, some people are just flat hard to get along with. No, Coca-Cola Mike, stop it! You, too, Benny Williamson. You know good ...
by Steven Ray Bowen, Saturday, March 20, 2021 9:00 am
Columns
The ugly wife, smart-alecky duck, and old friends
What you’re about to read takes us back more than twenty years and to one of the first columns we ever wrote for the paper. ...
by Steven Ray Bowen, Monday, March 1, 2021 7:38 pm
Columns
‘The rest of the story’
Have you ever wondered what the famed Georgian native son Lewis Grizzard would have to say about the state of the union today, or what ...
by Steven Ray Bowen, Saturday, February 6, 2021 10:45 am
Opinion
A flame still burns on Washington Hill
I love looking back into the archives and seeing life as it was back when. The column you are about to read comes from 2003 but ...