Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three…
And this is love that we walk after His commandments. This is the commandment, that, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it…
In these days we hear a lot about folks dropping out of church because of the pandemic. These are days filled with war, economic crisis, cynic…
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us fr…
Let the people praise thee, O God; Let all the people praise Thee. PSALM 67:3
Did I ever tell you about Vaudie? No? Well, Vaudie (that’s not her real name; I changed it to protect the guilty) was a most unusual person.
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught…
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I normally wouldn’t comment on a development issue before it has even come before the Blowing Rock planning board for review and consideration…
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us throu…
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? Thou that preaches a man should not steal, dost thou steal? Romans 2:21
The Lord is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation: His is my God, and I will prepare Him a habitation; my father’s God , and I w…
A State of Emergency was declared in Blowing Rock at the August meeting of town council. COVID-19 cases are spiking in Watauga County, both in…
At the recent Blowing Rock Civic Association meeting about ambulance service to Blowing Rock, those in attendance were told that the town’s bo…
It’s all David Rogers’ fault. He wrote that wonderful article on the Artist in Residence program a couple weeks ago and did a very impressive …
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” PSALM 23:6
I almost focused this week’s Talk of the Town column on ambulance service to Blowing Rock but decided to save that for another day. For this w…
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105
When Nancy Pitts Collins filed late last week as a candidate for a seat on the Blowing Rock board of commissioners, it meant that we had four …
I got to musing the other day at Edgewood Cottage about how preachers are viewed by the general public. (You’d be surprised at folks’ reaction…
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. GENESIS 28:16
Last week, I suggested that we go the proverbial Full Monty in putting parking on what is aptly called “the Mole Hill,” that two-plus acres ac…
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18
BLOWING ROCK —It has been a couple of weeks since the June 8 meeting of Blowing Rock’s board of commissioners. It was a meeting of town counci…
Have you ever thought about the fact that the Gospel has been associated with art from the start? There is a legend that Dr. Luke, the writer …
“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son?.. And they took offense at him.” Matthew 13:55-57
“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…