Long ago, on a clear summer Kentucky day, my father, Leo Thompson, the sharecropper, and I “persuaded” our herd Angus bull to go inside the stock...
Many years ago, the Great Falls Church made every effort to reach people moving into the area. In some small ways, it worked; in...
When I still worked, I learned to deal with the piles of printed paper and the general untidy space I ruled over. Now retired, I try...
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are...
My doctor said I needed blood work when I had a recent medical check. The nurse then asked me if I had fasted, and I...
The old year will soon be part of our memories, and the new year has begun. There is still time to make a list of things...
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to...
Two senior citizens were sitting on a courthouse bench, whittling and discussing the merits of being rich. A friend of theirs had most of what money...
Hebrews 12:12 “…Lift up the hands which…hang down...” “Charlotte Fox, the first American woman to conquer three 26,000-foot or higher mountains and who miraculously survived...
Yes! I remember when I got gravy on the best tie given to me by my piano teacher. It happened again; a ballpoint pen in my...
What time am I afraid? I will trust in thee. (Psalm 56:3) I’ve heard that time can move fast or slow. I think that it...
Memory took me back to my childhood school days. Students were seated alphabetically. This was the seating arrangement for the year. Attendance was called before...
The day had been busy and very rewarding. Uriel’s talent with wood had finally begun to pay off with work that took several days to complete....
Doing car repair, I began to take naps in the garage, while under the car. Dad replied that he had been doing this for years;...
My mother amazed me that she could cook up three big meals a day on the farm. She was adept with the kitchen utensils of...
Ah, a perfect day! I was leaving the town restaurant where I had enjoyed a country breakfast. I felt like Columbus sailing in search of the...
In these modern times, not a day goes by without being bombarded with get-rich schemes. It could happen that you would get rich, but the odds...
You may not know where Shakertown, Kentucky is; I do. Before the new four-lane from Bowling Green to Russellville was completed, I passed by there on...
Our sons occasionally would ask us about the good old days. Well, are the good old days gone? For us, the now older generation…those days are...
When our sons were in grade school and discovered the joy of writing, I asked them to write a science fiction story for me. They gave...
Are you happy? If you are then it means that you have a feeling of pleasure and contentment…so the dictionary explains it. Maybe, you are not...
It could be due to that one extra slice of pizza that I should have ignored. I have been there and paid my dues to “Heartburn,...
A minister was returning from a successful tent meeting in the mid-west. He was looking forward to a long, quiet and uneventful train ride home to...
My wife was born October 8, 1939 to Alfred and Doris Schaffner. Albany, New York. Gloria had a sister, Dottie. They lived at 25 Garden Street....
When I last had a medical checkup. The nurse asked me if I had fasted and I answered that I had not. An appointment was made...
The evening news: I remember Peter Jennings, the ABC News Anchor when he told us that he has lung cancer. Mr. Jennings was a workaholic and...
‘Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord, “Psalm 27:14 (WAIST GUNNER)- Captain, reporting...
If you watch the Middle East evening news, you will see a footprint of how many ways have important names and places in these countries been mispronounced....
Love! The newspaper has chosen an ideal time to publish a short article to further show the power of this amazing human emotion. Our U.S. ambassador...