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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: Paint Lick, VA
Tag Archives: Spirituality
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
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged appalachia, Church, incarnational, Southwest Virginia, Spirituality
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
One God, Many Churches
In 1998 the District Superintendent of the United Methodist District where I was serving retired from active ministry. Some of us felt bad for him since he had chosen to retire from a district instead of a church where he … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, Baptist, catholic, christian, Christianity, Church, denominations, faith traditions, lutheran, Methodist, non-belief, pastors, presbyterian, Spirituality, traditions, volunteers
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
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Tagged faithful obedience, religion, Spirituality
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
Embracing and Letting Go
Several years ago I read a short book by Reynolds Price called A Whole, New Life. This work was an account of his journey through cancer. Somewhere in the midst of all the experiences of fear, loneliness, grief, and the … Continue reading
Tagged Spirituality
