Lifestyles

Devotional: Nobody wants to go through things alone

Author’s note: This is a devotional by my niece, Emma Culver, recent LU grad in Health Promotion and ...

Daylilies

Lifestyles

Through the Garden Gate: The Daylily Whisperer

Some gardeners grow lots of different plants. Others fall in love with one or two plants and specialize ...

Lifestyles

The Word: Adam blew it

Which of us has not imagined winning the lottery? If you were the lucky winner, and you chose ...

ice cream ice cream for a penny

Lifestyles

Trents Mill News: Remembering when ice cream was a penny

Well, they say you can’t buy anything for a penny these days, but that wasn’t always true. In ...

Lifestyles

Happy to be here: Caterpillars and butterflies

Earlier this summer, my husband and I were walking near our home. I stopped short to avoid stepping ...

Dr. Witherspoon

Lifestyles

Dr. Witherspoon: On Call

A patient in the emergency room of a training hospital required admission for a drug overdose. The ER ...

Lifestyles

Devotional: ‘The road to Gaza’

In the first 4 chapters of Acts, we see the early church growing by the thousands. This rapid ...

Lifestyles

The Word: ‘Nothing shall be impossible to you’

Just the other morning, while walking the dog, I witnessed something that we have all seen many times: ...

Lifestyles

Just another day on the old age funny farm

By Jim Harris The Farmville Herald Tis time to once again reflect on what an ace I married ...

Lifestyles

Trents Mill News: Fun Day returns, a time for homecoming

The whole concept of a church homecoming is just over a century old at this point. Back around ...

Lifestyles

The Word: Recharging our batteries

If your household is anything like mine, you have lots of electronics that need recharging every day: cell ...

Lifestyles

Devotional: A new humanity

12 …remember that you were at that time without Christ…13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once ...

too hot in the garden

Lifestyles

Through the Garden Gate: It’s too hot in the garden

We’ve had day after day of temperatures above 90F, and the heat has taken a toll on both ...

Lifestyles

The Word: Summer invites us to be kids again

“So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God’s rest ...

Lifestyles

Devotional: The wise builder obeys

What kind of a builder are you? The parable of the wise and foolish builders, and the context ...

Jim Harris

Lifestyles

When you say Jim Harris, the question becomes ‘which one’?

UVA football has signed a Jim Harris, outside linebacker, but it’s hard to forget his namesake. In 1961, ...

Lifestyles

Happy To Be Here: Some of my favorite things

What are your favorite memories of summers gone by? Barbecues, patriotic bunting, and fireworks? Vacation planning, iced drinks, ...

plants resupinate

Lifestyles

Mother Nature’s Garden: Do your plants resupinate?

Plants do amazing things. Vines can twine in either counterclockwise or clockwise directions. Our native wisteria twines counterclockwise, ...

Lifestyles

The Word: The heart of Jesus

In the mid 1670’s, a young French nun named Margaret Alacoque lived in a convent in eastern France. ...

Lifestyles

Devotional — A beacon of hope

Years ago, I volunteered as a prison chaplain. There was one aspect of this responsibility that always intrigued ...

ice cream ice cream for a penny

Lifestyles

Mike Wilson: Ice cream hacks from a Baptist church upbringing

Yes, it is incredibly warm outside. Some might even call it hot. As the thermometer creeps up toward ...

Grateful Boomers

Lifestyles

Grateful Boomers return to Bald Knob

Sometimes, a place is just so enjoyable that you have to make a return trip. That was the ...

Hampden-Sydney

Opinion

Mike Wilson: It all started with a Hampden-Sydney lecture

It started like all good stories do, with some truth mixed in. This time around, it involves my ...

Father's Day

Lifestyles

Mike Wilson: A Father’s Day note. That’s where the cars came from

We’ve reached that time of the year where Father’s Day is here. In honor of the holiday, I ...

Lifestyles

The Word: ‘The Quiet Man?’

You don’t have to be a history-lover to know that books can only go so far in portraying ...

Lifestyles

Devotional — Truth: The basis of human success

I recently read in scripture an interesting passage. It described in a few words the Almighty’s requirement for ...

Lifestyles

Devotional: Children are a key part of the Kingdom

If you are like I am, you grew up singing “Jesus Loves the Little Children.” It was simple ...

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