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- Remembering the Schoolhouse(s) Known as “Bell Ridge” in the Morrison City area of North Kingsport, Tennessee January 31, 2020
- 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
Top Posts & Pages
- Remembering the Schoolhouse(s) Known as “Bell Ridge” in the Morrison City area of North Kingsport, Tennessee
- Robert Sayers Sheffey, Mountain Preacher and Man of Prayer
- Compromise Church
- Appalachian Lexicon
- Remembering Vacation Bible School in the '60s and '70s
- A Barony in the Mountains of Southwest Virginia
- Places I've Lived: Belfast, Virginia
- Places I've Lived: Paint Lick, VA
Tag Archives: joy
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
Watch Out, Heaven, . . . Scottie’s On the Way!
A dear friend died this summer. I met her in Lee County, Virginia when I was appointed to the United Methodist Church in her town. Her outward appearance gave you the idea she would be a kindly little old lady. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged burial, Church lady, devil, dog, Fuller Brush salesman, green, green dog, hell, Jonesville, joy, land-fill, laugh, laughing, laughter, Lee County Virginia, poodle, preacher, treadmill
Global Warming
It is my contention that when Christians practice what our faith teaches, the world will grow warmer, and people will experience renewed joy, peace and blessing. Where we have been effective in our discipleship they have. Continue reading
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Tagged Augustine, blessing, celebration of discipline, Christianity, compassionate, discipline, emptiness, global warming, God, human hunger, hypocritical, joy, judgmental, pain, passionate, peace, political persuasion, prime time tv, reactionary, restlessness, social problems, spiritual emptiness, Spirituality, substance abuse, super bowl, tv audiences
A Prayer for Wall Street
Sometimes I think the economy of our nation is run on nothing more substantial than the raw greed and psycho-spiritual hocus pocus that we have been steeped in for over a generation now. Continue reading
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Tagged economy, freedom, hope, investors, joy, stock market, Uncategorized, wendell berry
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