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Trents Mill News — You’ll need pringles and watermelon for this part
Let’s start off today with something you can test out at home. After all, that’s how I learned…
Lifestyles
Devotional: New Year’s Resolutions. A time to make or break them.
This time of year, we often make New Year’s resolutions only to break them within a few weeks.…
Lifestyles
Mother Nature’s Garden: A much needed hike and old friends
It’s Boxing Day, and life has mostly returned to normal here at Mother Nature’s Garden. The dogs are…
Lifestyles
The Word w/ James Taylor: They shall call his name Emmanuel
“And shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is: “God…
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Sowing Seeds: Epworth, St. Simons and The Wesley Brothers
Mell and I love to visit “Epworth by the Sea” a retreat center in St. Simons, Georgia; named…
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Trent’s Mill News: Christian Fellowship Association turns 35
Let’s start off this week in the Trent’s Mill News by talking about an anniversary. The Buckingham County…
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Carlton: Community needs larger role in gold mining discussion
There are seven Buckingham County residents serving on the county’s litter committee. That number will come up later,…
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Happy to be here — From cut to Farkleberry
Some of you have been asking about my progress reading Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. My original, overly…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds — 2023, $10 challenge and letters
Over the past few weeks, I challenged our congregation to take $10 and either multiply it and donate…
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Through the Garden Gate — ‘The neighbors are gonna talk!’
If you’re of a certain age and grew up in the South, then you’re probably familiar with this…
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Devotional — We can’t help looking back
Do you take things for granted, too? Well, of course you do. We all have this tendency, but…
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The Word — The true test of mettle
By Jan. 23, 2016, British explorer Henry Worsley had traveled 913 miles on foot across Antarctica. He was…
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Trents Mill News — Let’s talk about shortbread cookies
Friday, Jan. 6 is National Shortbread Day and I thought it was a good idea to start this…
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The Word — New Year’s reflections
Happy New Year! The experiences of the great apostle Peter in the New Testament can help us…
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Trents Mill News — A new year, an old tradition
By the time you read this, we’ll be less than two days away from New Year’s Eve. That’s…
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Sowing Seeds — Christmas and tacky lights
For me, Christmas used to start with lights – lots of lights. What can I say? I grew…
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Devotional — Light in a dark world
There are so many wonderful stories surrounding the birth of our Lord, the life and ministry of John…
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Sowing Seeds — Christmas: I’m just a business owner
One person not often seen in any nativity scene is the innkeeper. Often, he is portrayed as the…
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The Word — Keeping ‘X’ in ‘Christmas’
Last week, I was traveling to see family with my wife and children. As we went along, we…
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Trents Mill News — From the first Christmas holiday until now
Let’s talk about some nearby church services happening on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Tar Wallet Baptist Church,…
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Interview: Laura Haddock for The Recruit
Netflix’s new spy series THE RECRUIT is an entertaining, thrilling take on the spy genre. Instead of focusing…
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Devotional — Be patient. It’s harder than it sounds.
Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from…
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The Word — A visit by messengers of hope
“And the Lord appeared to (Abraham) by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of…
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A Dog’s Tale: Katherine Cobb merges fiction with life in her writing
The first time a story written by Katherine Cobb showed up in Prince Edward County, it was 2009.…
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Sowing Seeds — The wise men
The story of the Wise Men by almost any account is strange. Most Bible stories are about the…
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Trents Mill News — The last Christmas parade is coming
We’ve got one more Christmas parade before this season is over. It’ll be held in Dillwyn on Sunday,…
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The Word — Great joy upon the Savior’s arrival
“For the son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” — Luke…