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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: religion
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
Places I’ve Lived: Paint Lick, VA
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Appalachian, Boy Scouts, caramel icing, Church, climbing, family, figures, Fincastle Turnpike, Holston, Indian, Midway, mountain climbing, mountains, Native American, Paint Lick, Paintings, pastor, preacher, religion, Robert Sheffey, Russell County, Sheffey, Southwest Virginia, Tazewell County, United Methodist, Virginia
A Palm Sunday Prayer
Exalted King, humble Savior, O Blessed One, you entered the Holy City with prophetic signs, with shouts, and in faithful obedience to your Divine purpose: Grant us grace, Lord Jesus, to worship you this day as King, to see in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged faithful obedience, religion, Spirituality
