“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for you…
One of those things that really bug me is to go to a church, pick up a bulletin to see what the pastor is preaching on this morning — and find…
“And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God un…
“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love.” Ephesians 3:17
”My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.” I John 3:18
“Do not come any closer” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Exodus 3: 5
I know a place filled with magic. I know a magic rock where the wind brings back to you items cast away. Standing there, you can imagine a wee…
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“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jer…
“But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant…
I’ve lost touch with current trends in child psychology. A couple of decades ago, there was a stream of thought that said fairy tales were bad…
“And teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:20
“That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children.” Ps…
“And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is good, and acceptable, and p…
“Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariot…
The little girl was very talkative and, indeed, bright beyond her years. In fact, I first met her when I talked with the committee seeking an …
The Lenten season is a march toward the cross; a time of introspection, of asking, “Is it I, Lord?” If you turn to the Gospel of John, to chap…
This week (March 29, to be exact), our nation honors those armed services personnel who served during the war in Vietnam on National Vietnam W…
“When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house. The windows in its upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and thr…
The story has been told of a soldier in the Union army, a young man who had lost his older brother and his father in the war. He went to Washi…
Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was once quoted as saying, “If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.”
“God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7
“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.” Ephesians 5:8
BLOWING ROCK — You just never know who you are going to meet in downtown Blowing Rock, along Main Street.
I am happily shopping for plants. To my husband’s chagrin, our kitchen table is littered with lists, dog-eared catalogs, and old annotated see…
Last Thursday — the most beautiful day in a coon’s age — my hiking buddy and I hiked up Elk Knob, just short of four miles, round trip, and 5,…
“Thou wilt shew me the path of life in thy presence is fullness of joy, at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” Psalm 16:11
“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14
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