Lifestyles
Trents Mill News: Good Friday celebrations start in the area
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, located at 6277 Cartersville Road in New Canton, will be hosting Good Friday services…
Lifestyles
Happy To Be Here: The Wind Blows
When I think of the wind, I usually picture gentle breezes. I hear it whisper secrets about the…
Lifestyles
Devotional: Chasing away sorrow
“A Song of Ascents — Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my…
Lifestyles
The Word: The Great Escape
The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen and James Garner, is a movie that tells the real story of…
Lifestyles
Trents Mill News: Easter services spring up around area
First off, we give a welcome home to Linda Miles of Cumberland, who spent Tuesday, March 21 through…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds: Stuck in the mud
What if, God said to you… “Come away with Me for a while. The world, with its nonstop…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds: A story of ‘20/20’ and God’s love
“20/20” featured a story about Mary who murdered her husband Matthew, a pastor in Tennessee. There was a…
Lifestyles
The Word: God’s ‘Whoever’ policy
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in…
Lifestyles
Trents Mill News: Let’s look ahead to Easter
Let’s talk about some bluegrass music for a minute. The 2023 Appomattox County Athletic Booster Club will hold…
Lifestyles
Devotional: Ramadan: Improving spiritual fitness
A common characteristic among people of Abrahamic faiths is the practice of fasting. For Muslims fasting is observed…
Opinion
Sundari Morgan: Expressing yourself can help build self-esteem
March is Women’s Month, and the topic of “female empowerment” is all the rage, but how do we…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds: The narrow door and humble pie
Flannery O’Connor wrote about Mrs. Turpin, a lady sure of her heavenly destination who did not hesitate to…
Lifestyles
The Word: Our own eleventh hour
We have all heard of deathbed converts, those lucky people who turn to Christ just before death calls…
Lifestyles
Devotional: Time to continue the work
Barbara Johns has gotten some special attention recently as her statue was slated to be added to the…
Lifestyles
Trents Mill News: Catfish Festival coming up
The Virginia Catfish Festival returns to the Farmville Sports Arena on Saturday, March 25. The 33rd edition of…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds: Free, free, free
A few years ago, Mell and I moved from a three-story house full of furniture, mementos and stuff…
Lifestyles
The Word: Temples in the New Testament
All are invited to an open house for the Richmond Virginia Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ…
Lifestyles
Happy to be Here: A nostalgic viewpoint
I hadn’t been to the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) since before COVID became a household word.…
Lifestyles
Trents Mill News: Daylight Saving returns this weekend
Early this coming Sunday, we’ll all move clocks ahead one hour, as Daylight Saving Time begins. This year,…
Lifestyles
Through the Garden Gate: Butchery in the garden
Gardens seem so peaceful. We talk about them as refuges, great places to relax, read, meditate, and just…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds — Prayer: Is anybody listening?
“Is anybody listening? Is anybody listening?! Please, somebody help me! My husband has collapsed, and I don’t know…
Lifestyles
The Word: Analog in a digital world
In a storage closet in my house, there are boxes of clothes and boots and books and canvas…
Lifestyles
Trents Mill News: Christian Fellowship Association will meet next week
The Buckingham County Christian Fellowship Association, a non-profit organization, will hold their regular monthly meeting for members and…
Lifestyles
Movie Review: Cocaine Bear
To say COCAINE BEAR makes for a fun time at the movies would be a severe understatement. Directed…
Lifestyles
Breaking the color barrier: Offering a small apology
Editor’s note: This is the final piece in a three-part series, detailing how public school sports were desegregated.…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds: Earthquake response
Recent worldwide events have been traumatic. According to the latest news: The earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria…
Lifestyles
Mother Nature’s Garden: The Skunk Cabbages are back
“If you are afflicted with melancholy at this season, go to the swamp and see the brave spear…