By Danny Minton Oh, how the language of teenagers has changed from generation to generation over the decades. My Grandparents:The egg really knew his onions showing off as a cake-eater when he got the glad rags to attract the cute girl. My Parents:The anchor clanker was doll dizzy with a pocket full of clams and ready to go cook with
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By Jim Nichols Saturday morning at the grocery store and there was nothing unusual about it; that may be the whole point of this observation. I had my list in hand and was searching for the items to put in my basket. I realize as a 2024 guy that I am supposed to put grocery lists on my phone and
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Uncle Mort had never heard of “support parrots,” but admits that he shouldn’t have been surprised. “Seems like way too many of my friends are either sued or getting sued, but none of the squabbles involve birds,” he laughed. This was his jovial response upon reading recently that a New York City woman was awarded
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By Nancy Patrick On August 18, 2024, Dr. Matt Cook, interim pastor at First Baptist Church, preached a sermon based on Acts 2:44-47. The text describes the fundamental nature of friendship as that of gathering, loving, and sharing. Matt referred to an often told and sometimes exaggerated story of the 1976 Special Olympics in Seattle, Washington. The story illustrates the
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By Glenn Dromgoole My wife and I were at a party, and we met a church member whom we did not know previously. In the course of the conversation, it came up that we usually sit in the north section of the Trinity-sided sanctuary. We joked that we were “left-leaning Presbyterians.” Then I said that we had tried sitting in
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By Loretta Fulton Being nimble on your feet is a must for anyone leading a major institution, and nobody came better equipped than Erin Seabourne to lead Hendrick Home for Children. Erin joined the staff at the Home in 2013 as a caseworker and trained so that she could eventually replace her boss and mentor, David Perkins, who was Executive
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By Glenn Dromgoole We love to work.We hate to work.We work to put money in our pockets.We work to put meaning in our lives.We work to support our families.We work to support our egos.We work at home.We work to get away from home.We work hard.We work harder.We work hardest.We work hardly.We work to get ahead.We work to get by.We work
Read moreBy Danny Minton I recently watched the movie “An American Christmas Carol,” with the main character named Benedict Slade (aka. Scrooge). In one scene, he observes an old love he had turned away years before. Now, she was spending Christmas morning with her husband and child, a child that resembled the young love Slade had left. His face and eyes
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Christians made up an estimated 47 percent of all people living outside their country of birth as of 2020, the latest year for which global figures are available, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of United Nations data and 270 censuses and surveys. Muslims accounted for 29 percent of all living migrants, followed by Hindus (5 percent), Buddhists
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