Jul 27
Our goal this year was to grow some sweet corn to sell. We were only wanting to do around 3/4 of an acre. We didn’t want to grow just any corn, but “organic” corn; i.e. no artificial fertilizer nor herbicide. We worked the ground this spring. It seemed like it took a million trips over …
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Jul 09
I recently read a stirring local book about the murder of the Graves County Sheriff in 1922 by his deputy. The book entitled “A Courthouse Tragedy” was written by a local lawyer and family relative to some of the key characters. I enjoyed the book and learned much about Graves County and our city of …
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Jul 08
We were discussing our schedule for the week and the activities with sports, when Amanda said it! She said, “I think youth sports may be the greatest challenge facing families today.” Some might heartily disagree with this statement. Some might say it is worldliness, apathy, or materialism that is challenging families today. They would certainly have …
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Jul 01
The apostle Peter says a “speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness” (2 Pet. 2:16). Peter is referencing the Old Testament story of Balaam who desired to curse Israel. He was rebuked in his actions by a donkey who God miraculously allowed to speak. What was the “madness” of Balaam? …
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Jun 26
In a previous post I wrote about my 7 Bible class teaching aims. In this post I want to think about how to use questions effectively. I am still a learning and am not an expert on this topic. But here are some of my thoughts and I hope you can share yours to better …
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Jun 17
When summer hit we made a rule that our kids could watch one program together when they all were awake. The rule was put into place because programs were being started when one or two where awake, and then the late sleeper was missing out. So we made the rule to wait until everyone is up. …
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Jun 12
This is the third report on our new home and farm progress (The first, The second). In this report I want to emphasize that we have been humbled and grateful for all of the help we have received. Before saying more, I would like to update our progress. We have electricity!! We got a pole …
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Jun 05
It started last Wednesday afternoon, when Amanda received a text that her 45 year old aunt, Cindy Green, was put into ICU. She had only been diagnosed with cancer less than 5 weeks before. Now they were saying she may not live through a test that was necessary. Amanda, and her sister Ashley, headed …
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May 27
It is an annual tradition of our family to go pick strawberries. We go each year to a place near the Kentucky/Tennessee border. The kids always enjoy going and have gotten good at picking them. We try to make it fun by creating a contest to see who can pick the biggest strawberry and the …
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May 22
How many times have you heard, “Well we can’t do it for everyone, so we can’t do it for anyone”? How many times have you thought, “Well, I would do that, but it really isn’t very much, and there is so much more that needs to be done, so I won’t do anything”? Although there …
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