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God’s Trying To Tell You Something 

God’s Trying To Tell You Something 

The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions.  One night Eli,…

A Flood of Peace

A Flood of Peace

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of…

Mexicans Plant Themselves, Presidential Non-Advice And Failing another IQ test

Mexicans Plant Themselves, Presidential Non-Advice And Failing another IQ test

Years ago I brought home a couple of sprigs of summer poinsettia from a job. I planted them in a small bed with a border of railroad…

Time’s March is a Pain

Time’s March is a Pain

‘Scuse me while I poo-poo, bah humbug and give the raspberry to the upcoming holidays. The only one we have left this year that’s really any fun…

Roadmap for College Life 

Roadmap for College Life 

August 22, freshmen arrive at Longwood University and Hampton Sydney.  Orientation at UVA begins August 23.  Virginia Tech classes begin August 25.  August 27th is the first…

How Stump County Got a Jail

How Stump County Got a Jail

The Stump County Chronicles are a satire about an imaginary county located in rural Virginia.  Stump County, population 999, is filled with imaginary people who are struggling…

Childhood Hunger

For college students like me, it is almost time to go back to school; notebook shopping, maybe some internship applications, possibly even some new clothes for the…

The problem with kids today  

The problem with kids today  

It is an historical fact that every generation from Adam to today worries about the younger generation.  They just don’t seem to have whatever it is that…

Dorothy Foster Newcomb

Dorothy Foster Newcomb, age 77, of Saxe, Virginia passed away Sunday, August 10, 2014.  She is survived by her children, Janet K. Newcomb of Saxe, Kay N.…

My Sister’s Keeper: Ailing Keysville Woman Receives Kidney from Sister

My Sister’s Keeper: Ailing Keysville Woman Receives Kidney from Sister

Revonda Edmundson knew that when she first learned she could be a possible kidney donor for her sister Michelle Staten, she would do everything in her power…