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When Billy Came Out to Play ( Read more... ) -
The Way We Say Goodbye
Please note: this was a piece submitted for my Creative Nonfiction Class at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga last year. It is a work of flash nonfiction, which means it's relatively short, (500 words, the assigned length). The prompt our teacher, Dr. Karen Babine, (the world's greatest writing prof), gave us was, "tell a story about someone ( Read more... ) -
I've seen fires and prayed for rain
"I've seen fire and I've seen rain." -- James Taylor
Lately, Tennesseans, Georgians, and Alabamians have seen their fair share of fire. Where there's fire, there's smoke. We've seen more smoke than we've seen rain. Of late, officials have blamed two perpetrators for starting the blazes. Humans, to be sure, have started fires, some purposefully, some ( Read more... ) -
Friday, June 5, 2015, Morning Journal, "Quiet And Stars,"
Part 1Last night, the stars were beautiful, the was evening quiet. Quiet and stars are my friends. On a nighttime walk through my neighborhood, I could have listened to the quiet until midnight. I could have stared at the stars until dawn. Of course, I did not. When the neighbors see me talking to stars, (even though the stars are my friends), they ( Read more... ) -
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I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High." (Psalm 7:17) -
Never Give Up
In 2006, at the age of 44, Dean Karnazes completed 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days, ending with the New York City marathon, which he completed in three hours thirty seconds. His book, Ultramarathon Man, was the number seven bestselling sports book worldwide in 2005. Time Magazine named him one of the top 100 most influential people of ( Read more... ) -
Read the whole Bible? Me?
Sunday, January 8, 2012
On January 1 at Waterville Baptist Church, more than 15 responded to my Bible reading challenge. The following is a sample of a call you will receive when we get the Onecall system, e-mail, and text-messaging service set up. Of course, this page contains more material due to space than I would have time for in a 120-second ( Read more... ) -
I knead thee for an hour
The best part of having an invalid wife is the food, according to my invalid wife. Our church has cooked supper for us each evening for two weeks, with one more week to go. It's been a blessing. We've looked forward to seeing people from church each afternoon.
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Alive, my best Christmas gift
Since Friday morning, in eye-twinkling speed, the word “alive” became the best Christmas gift I received. We won’t see our Christmas lights at home for a while, the Chattanooga skyline has been the closet facsimile. But, Lisa is alive and when we do go home, it’ll be Christmas all over again.
Since her Friday morning’s car accident on Lead Mine ( Read more... )
