Devotional
We must continue to love and let God lead us
As the story goes, a man and his family weathered a catastrophic storm. It raged mercilessly and ravaged ... Read more
Author: Michael Kendall | The Farmville Herald
Lifestyles
Lent should give us time to think
As a generation, we live as people who seem to move faster and faster. The illusion is that ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘A Deep Breath’
Take a deep breath. Now exhale. It is something you have done thousands of times today before you ... Read more
Lifestyles
Can we talk?
Conversation. It can be chit-chat or heart-to-heart. It can be lengthy or short. It can be heated. It ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘Santa’s Prayer’
I confess I have a lump in my throat. Call me a sap. I don’t care. Saint Nicholas, ... Read more
Lifestyles
More than one day a week
Full disclosure. I am a pastor and it is pastor appreciation month. I am not soliciting comments and ... Read more
Lifestyles
Key ingredient
Banana bread. Since childhood it has been one of my weaknesses. It was a longed-for treat, made by ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘Do unto others’
My wife and I have been packing up our oldest son for his freshman year at college. He ... Read more
Lifestyles
Prepare the highway
I have lived in various parts of our state and have numerous friends who have worked to build ... Read more
Lifestyles
People of hope
Some day. People often think about the plans they make for the future. We have dreams and hopes ... Read more
Lifestyles
Summer school challenge
“Give us this day our daily bread.” Those words abide in the prayer Jesus taught his disciples, known ... Read more
Lifestyles
With all my heart
This weekend is our town’s annual Heart of Virginia Festival. I look forward to seeing people from all ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘On Christ the solid rock’
We are entering the latter days of Lent. This season of spring-growth and spiritual preparation in discipleship is ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘Come sit by me …’
I am a United Methodist Church pastor. We have been in the news recently as our 864 elected ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘All in the next words we say’
I am given choices each day. How to spend it, how to invest my time, how to leave ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘A bit more every day’
I grew up in Gloucester Point, at the mouth of the York River. My parents still live in ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘Tracks in the snow …’
Looking around at what the weather has visited upon us, I recall as a child how I delighted ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘Thanksgiving when there is nothing left’
Clang. The bucket goes down in the well. It doesn’t go splash. There is no water. It doesn’t ... Read more
Lifestyles
The good neighbor …
Friends, I composed this article on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 11, prior to the devastating afternoon wind ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘God, Where Are You?’
As I write this, the Carolinas are under the cloud of Hurricane Florence, and in many places underwater. ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘Strengthening our core’
My daughter is a dancer. She has enjoyed the expression of music and movement since she was barely ... Read more
Lifestyles
Refreshed and renewed
As we go through the hot summer season, the earth, animals and people often long to be refreshed. ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘Welcome to town!’
In the traditions of my church, this is a week of change. Pastors are shuffling to new locations, ... Read more
Lifestyles
‘The peace of Christ’
I remember as a child going to summer Vacation Bible School and learning a song that said, “I’ve ... Read more
Columns
‘A Matter of the Heart’
This weekend, our community hosts thousands of neighbors and visitors with our “Heart of Virginia Festival.” We look ... Read more
Columns
‘What now?’
Annually, the Christian community celebrates the final days, death and resurrection of Jesus. We profess that this One ... Read more
Columns
‘Dead or alive’
Signs of spring are around earlier this year. Even with the first day of spring still weeks away, ... Read more