Even though the temperatures were in the middle 90s for the last two weeks of July, Boy Scout Troop 609 of Iredell County, NC, where my grandson is a member, prepared to take a hike. This particular hike had been prepared and planned for two years. The trip involved flying to Denver, Colorado, and then driving to the small town of Cimarron, New...
Read MoreWhat Happened to the Bear
Back in the 50s when I was just a lad, my family lived on Highway 74 west of Rockingham. Back then, 74 was just a winding two-lane road with a lot of hills to go over before you reached the Pee Dee River. The river was just a few miles down the road from where I lived. On each side of the river bridge, there were two stores, one in Richmond County and the...
Read MoreTrain Them Up Young
The Bible tells us in the book of Proverbs, “Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not turn away from it.” The other week my two youngest grandchildren spent several days with me and my wife. Their Mom had asked me to show them how things work on a small farm. The first day I let the two girls ride my four-wheeler and then drive...
Read MoreWhere Did You Learn To Swim?
As the title suggests, this story is about learning to swim for the first time. Learning to swim is a very important life skill. Swimming is fun and refreshing, but water can be dangerous if you are not careful and don’t know your limits. It’s not really safe to swim by yourself even if you are an accomplished swimmer. My Mom had a bad experience back in...
Read MoreThe Story of the Little Hummingbird
The Lord’s creations never cease to amaze me, especially in the spring. One night last week, I heard the lonesome sound of a whip-poor-will off in the distance while frogs croaked all through the swamps. The springtime brings back beautiful birds like bluebirds, finches, and hummingbirds. Rabbits seem to move in pairs as the sound of carpenter and...
Read MoreDon’t Forget Our Farmers
When God threw Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden, He told them they would have to earn a living by the sweet of their brow from then on. Mankind has had to grow or raise its own food ever since. For generations, farmers and herdsmen all over the world have fed people and put clothes on their backs. Farming, and even religion, have played a major role...
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