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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
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A Song of Unity from Long Ago
A man was enjoying the freedom found in the wilderness of the young nation of America. He was living any way he wanted to, not having a moral compass, but doing what he wanted, when he wanted, regardless of any … Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Appalachian, bible, christian, Christianity, Church, faith, God, grace, Holston, Holy Spirit, Jesus, love, Methodism, Methodist, mountain, preacher, religion, singing, southern, Spirituality, Tennessee, United Methodist, United Methodist Church, worship
“The Storms are on the Ocean” as a Metaphor for Homesickness
The iconic Carter Family of Country Music origins (A. P., Sarah, and “Mother” Maybelle) were known for their classic songs. “The Storms are on the Ocean” is one of them. I have been dabbling in autoharp playing for a while … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Appalachian, Autoharp, Belfast, Carter Family, Clinch Mountain, Country Music, family, home, loss, love, Mother Maybelle, mountains, Scott County, Southwest Virginia, Virginia
Remembering Kallie
Kallie was born in Greene County, Tennessee, around the 3rd day of December, 2002. She was part of a litter of four pups that lived to adulthood. Her original family put an ad in a trading post paper and my … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged animal, care, creature, dog, German Shepherd, love, loyalty, puppy
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Dancing On One Leg
My son doesn’t belong to me. He was born into another family and came to our family about six and a half years ago as we became his foster parents. Without saying too much, let me just say, he came … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Christianity, Emergency medical technician, faith, family, Foster care, God, home, hope, issues, love, people of faith, Person of faith, Spirituality, standing, United Methodist Church
A New Place, a New Life: Starting Over on our Journey Through Childlessness
As my wife and I settled into our new home in Jonesborough, Tennessee, we began to feel better about our lives. This new church offered us a type of hospitality we had not received before. They didn’t know they were … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoption, behaviors, childlessness, family, Foster care, foster to adopt, German Shepherd, God, healing, love, Stephen Ministries, Virginia
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Red and White Carnations
On this Mother’s Day weekend, I am remembering the tradition in my home church in the West Carter’s Valley section of north Kingsport, Tennessee, of wearing a red carnation if your mother is living, and a white one if she … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, church ladies, godly women, home, ladies, lost pregnancy, love, mother's day, motherhood, Mothers, red carnation, white carnation
A Maundy Thursday in the Coal Fields
Coal miners don’t have time for theory. They want to know the facts, and they want to know them as plain as you can make them. Under the ground you depend for your life on facts that will help you … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, coal miner, foot washing, humility, love, Maundy Thursday, servanthood
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Target Practice
We struggle to overcome the past: Embarrassing moments. Failures. Misdirected passion. Disappointment. Pappaw used to call such times “misfires.” As in, “Sonny boy, I think you misfired that time.” Much of life centers around what we do in the aftermath … Continue reading
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Tagged brokenness, church splits, conflict, divorce, grace, Iraq, love, misfire, relationships, Saddam Hussein, twin towers, war
