Extinguish the fires of rage
Webster defines rage as "violent and uncontrolled anger." I characterize it as a disease that spreads like wildfire. And if we don't douse the...
Do good while standing strong
Daddy always said, "The only problem with living long is watching others go away while I still stand strong." He was right about that.
Many...
Through a mother’s heart
Many of us work a myriad of jobs throughout our lives. We build careers, climb up and down ladders, and hopefully accomplish our goals....
Listening to the voices of America
A political writer, I am not. I have avoided diving into such perilous seas filled with sharks, but I will take my chances today...
This Mother’s Day, I shall wear red…
I vividly recall, as a child, attending church on Mother's Day and straining to see who was wearing a white or a red carnation...
The finest athlete I ever knew
Around 1934, a tall, thin fifteen-year-old girl traveled down the mountain to Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The road was curvy and treacherous, as most roads were...
Lynn’s Garage Gym
If you walked down our street on any Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday morning in 2020, you would pass a house where the double garage...
National Day of Prayer observances planned across Habersham May 4
National Day of Prayer observances will be held at various locations across Habersham County on Thursday, May 4. Described as a rolling prayer revival,...
In search of common sense
Violence killing innocent children, vicious wars raging, vandals roaming our streets, vitriol running amok, and vengeance among leaders permeates our society. Folks, is anyone...
A rose will blossom
"Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love
In the spring becomes the rose."
Most of us know...
The Mobile Loaves and Fishes
In Travis County, Texas, near Austin, a former real estate developer, Alan Graham, resides in a faith-based community called "Mobile Loaves and Fishes." What...
Meet God’s soldier with a mission
When I moved to LaGrange, Georgia, from Tennessee as a fifteen-year-old, my first Georgia beau was Dan Larry Payne. I possess an old photo...