The Mabry Mill stands as a monument to the enduring spirit of the mountain people.
Read MoreSelf-Righteous
When I was a boy, my father told me many things. One was that only what you do for God will last.
Read MoreDealing With Things
It’s a bit strange sometimes how the words I read in the Bible on a particular date seem to go right along with what's happening to me at the time. Today is one of those days.
Read MoreCreation!
Creation is a wonderful thing, The heavens and the earth display the glory of God.
Read MoreThat Day!
Bearing one another's burdens. We need to do that, it is essential to life and love, to help each other until That Day Comes.
Read MoreFarewell
The last letter from Major Sullivan Ballou, written to his wife before the first battle of Bull Run.
Read MoreIt Doesn't Add Up
Sometimes the arithmetic of life does not add up.
Read MoreActing On Your Own?
There is a very important question in the four words in the title of this post. Let me make those words a bit more personal. Are YOU acting on your own?
Read MoreA Silly Question
The children of Isreal, who had experienced God’s delivering power, while in the desert, asked God silly questions.
Read MoreAre We There Yet?
Larry Norman said many years ago in one of his songs “I wish we'd all been ready”.
Read MoreDebt Free!
A story in the Galax Gazette reminded me of this post I wrote some time ago.
Imagine that you and your family are in financial trouble. It could be caused by sickness. You could have medical bills that are very high, or the main breadwinner out of work due to a layoff or fired or who knows what.
Read MoreThe Sea of Self-Delusion
I don’t normally make a political statement, not directly anyway. Not much point in cursing the darkness, but this morning I feel the need to at least point out that the darkness exists and it is dangerous, but there is hope.
Read MoreUps and Downs
A quote from a famous person (and it could fit me too), and a few more.
Read MoreMy best personality trait is that I think I'm very approachable. And my worst is that I can be moody.
Hold Fast!
The main purpose of this HoldFast symbol was for people who worked as a deckhand. It was a sign of good luck for them, and it encouraged them to maintain a good grip especially when the weather and the sea are trying to loosen it.
Read MoreHelp! (I need sombody)
Many years ago there was a song written and performed by a very popular group:
Read MoreFind Your Place (money can't buy it)
Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from his place.
Read MoreFive Thousand Words
I read somewhere that the average person speaks between five thousand and twenty thousand words a day.
Read MoreA Philosophical Self Discussion
On more than one occasion in my past as an employee or friend or even a family member, I have found myself being “accused” of being an idealist.
Read MoreWisdom Revisited
The Bible talks a lot about wisdom. The word wisdom appears over 200 times in any translation of the Bible. It is used 46 times in the book of Proverbs alone.
Read MoreY'all Pray For Me Now!
My Mom and Dad have a lot of pictures hanging on the walls of their home. They also have a lot of plates. The kind that used to be popular years ago, with pictures of tourist places and churches
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