Tag Archives: mountains

Places I’ve Lived: Paint Lick, VA

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

Back in 1989 I was appointed to the  Belfast-Midway Charge in the Tazewell District of the Holston Conference.  My first appointment out of seminary, it was my first charge as a pastor, and I was given the reigns of two … Continue reading →

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New Hats and Methodist Conferences

Posted on June 13, 2015 by

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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A Trip to the Smokies

Posted on June 20, 2014 by

Vacations were not something we enjoyed a lot in my youth.  Getting my Dad to take us all somewhere was a challenge.  But once in a while we got to go. The first time I ever went to the Great … Continue reading →

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Medicine in Appalachia

Posted on April 4, 2014 by

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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A Sojourn Among Pine Trees: My Time at Duke

Posted on March 21, 2014 by

Nine generations of the family lived in the lap of mountains.  Like doting grandparents they watched over us, protected us from whatever was beyond and taught us lessons in silence. The sounds of our stories and songs echoed from the … Continue reading →

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