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- A Song of Unity from Long Ago August 19, 2019
- Beautiful Hills of Home August 16, 2019
- When Your Family Tree Becomes All Hung Up July 22, 2019
- “The Storms are on the Ocean” as a Metaphor for Homesickness June 15, 2019
- “Excuse Me, May I Look Inside Your Biscuit?” May 3, 2019
- Labor Day: Celebration of Working People September 1, 2018
Top Posts & Pages
- Appalachian Lexicon
- Robert Sayers Sheffey, Mountain Preacher and Man of Prayer
- The Fine Art of Whittling
- You Can Get Your "Shout" Back
- History of a Part of Weber City, Virginia
- Faces from the Past: Part Two-The Ketron Heritage
- The Baptism of Mrs. Maggie
- Chief Logan's Gift
- Ode to Soup Beans and Corn Bread
- "Benge! What Are You Doing?"
Tag Archives: appalachia
Ode to Dr Ralph Stanley
A legend has gone to glory. God was preparing me for this. I’m probably the biggest Ralph Stanley fan there is. Ever. There was just something about the sound of his voice, the ring of his banjo, the humility of … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachia, banjo, Baptist, bluegrass, Clintwood, mountain soul, Ralph Stanley, Southwest Virginia
You Can Get Your “Shout” Back
First, let me just add, I’m not a Pentecostal, but I do occasionally find myself in the position of shouting in worship. The Holy Spirit has a way of doing that to you. Sometimes you shed a tear, sometimes you … Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality
Tagged appalachia, Church, electricity, glory, God, grief, heart, Holy Spirit, joy, loss, pain, pentecostal, September 11th, shout, shouting, snow, snow-flakes, soul, Spirituality, spring, springtime, tears, Virginia
How Loving and Leading Can Be a Faithful Response in Today’s Church
I have developed a deep love for southwest Virginia. I am so blessed to have met many exemplary people who have lived faithful lives and died faithful deaths here. There are some wonderful, loving ways people are living their lives here as disciples of Jesus Christ. It isn’t a vast wasteland at all. Continue reading
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Tagged appalachia, Church, incarnational, Southwest Virginia, Spirituality
New Hats and Methodist Conferences
It’s a Spring ritual. Old timers say it used to be an autumn ritual, but that’s before my day, and since I never experienced it, I can only write from what I know. But every year when the Day Lilies … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachia, conference, cow manure, day lilies, gathering, Hat, Methodist, ministry, Mountain Preacher, mountains, New Hat, Old Timers, prayer, preacher, spring, United Methodist Church
Medicine in Appalachia
There’s something about the way we mountain people view health. I think we value our health, but we have odd feelings about medicine. For instance, one of the most widely practiced ways of getting people well in these hills and … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachia, Appalachian, attitudes, medical, mediine, mid-wives, mountains, osteopathy, pain killers, pills
