“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”  We all grew up hearing that from our moms after some bully kid said something to us on the playground that hurt our feelings.  As we got older, what we discovered was that learning to have a thick skin, take criticism from trusted advisors and ignore the rest serves us well.  However, back then and today, we know that wo...

The Wilson County / Tennessee State Fair is going on in our area, and several of our members have won ribbons.  Kevin and Elijah Fisher both have Blue Ribbons to add to their collection! Saylor Mitchell is a ribbon winner for her fresh chicken eggs! I’m sure there are several others that brought home prizes, and we congratulate and rejoice with them.  There is something about seeing people we ...

Almost everyone has a favorite go to snack.  Walking down the aisle at the grocery, one can choose from any number of sweet to salty treat.  In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan introduced me to what would become my favorite, Jelly Beans!  Not just any jelly bean, but Jelly Belly jelly beans.  Up until that point in my life, jelly beans were the discarded leftovers under the fake grass found in the att...

A Gallup headline by Megan Brenan caught my attention this morning:Majority Still Credits God for Humankind, but Not Creationism: New high of 24% say God not involved in human origins; new 37% low say God created humans in present form  https://news.gallup.com/poll/647594/majority-credits-god-humankind-not-creationism.aspxHer reporting shows that the readings have not changed significantly from G...

God designed people for connections.  There is something within us as people that desires to be connected to others.  It makes sense then that Satan would attempt to place obstacles in our path to thwart that desire.  Political and social events over the past several years represent some of these obstacles.  As people, we can easily point to the differences we have with others based on their p...