Out & About February 2024
Find out what is happening in Sacramento during the month of February!
Pocket Life February 2024
Find out what is happening in Pocket during the month of February!
Deal Killer
Kevin Johnson was elected mayor twice without talking about basketball. An NBA All-Star for the Phoenix Suns, Johnson downplayed his sports legacy on the campaign trail.
He wanted to be known as a business and education leader from Oak Park. He saw himself as a local success story and visionary, not an old jock.
This year’s mayoral election brings another Kevin with basketball history. The candidate is Kevin McCarty, state assemblymember and former city councilmember.
Heavenly Appeals
Before my retirement as a health care chaplain, I was privileged to hear the prayers of patients who were hurting, sick and discouraged. They were heavenly appeals I wanted to share with you, but patient privacy prevented publication.
In other cases, patient families recorded their prayers in the public journal of our hospital chapel. The journal was a spiral notebook on the altar where visitors wrote anonymous requests.
I recently rediscovered some of those requests. Now I feel comfortable sharing them.
As you read these collected prayers, I encourage you to do two things. First, recall situations where God answered your prayers and granted grace. Second, offer your own prayer for these writers.
Blast From Past
The future of dangerous fences across the Sacramento River levee may depend on letters written during the Vietnam War.
The letters contain fence authorizations granted by the Army Corps of Engineers. They date from 1968.
It’s unclear whether the letters really exist. Authorities can’t or won’t produce the paperwork for public examination by Inside Sacramento.
