The Christmas decorations are going up - in fact, most of ours are already in place. Yesterday, we added finishing touches around the house and finally got the stockings up. But it was a bigger production than you may have…
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Each year, Colonial Williamsburg celebrates an event they refer to as Grand Illumination. This happens the first Sunday of the first full week-end in December and leads off the Christmas season celebration. As the guests to the Historic Area watch…
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Just last week, I remarked how much I was looking forward to a peaceful, restful Christmas season following the celebration of Thanksgiving last Thursday. However, since then, I have had an unbelievably hectic calendar. Normally, Janet and I wait until…
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Today's the day - Thanksgiving, 2016. The day that we pause and take a moment to give thanks for all the blessings that we have had this past year. It's difficult to believe that another year is almost in the…
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No, I'm not writing about Donald Trump, his reality TV show, or politics. Rather, tonight's post is about a personal story that goes back almost as long as I have been alive. You see, this is the time of year…
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I'll bet you already know what I am writing about tonight. Yep... the presidential election. Several months ago, I didn't think that things could heat up any more than they already had, but I have come to believe that I…
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Every once in a while, I am asked to fill in for a minister who is absent at his/her church and preach as a guest pastor. In the trade, we call this pulpit supply, kind of acting like a temporary…
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We returned from our trip out east last Thursday evening and since then, Janet and I have both worked non-stop to catch up on all the things we had to do upon our return. Things as simple as unpacking the…
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During our visit here at the Greenbrier, we have been absolutely taken with the grateful spirit the people of West Virginia have for one another. As we crossed the border into "wild and wonderful" West Virginia, we were immediately aware…
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