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 LA2-NSRW-3-0536.jpg: Karl Wagner  (1864–1939)  "Watch them pigeons,"  my father-in-law would say as the punchline of a joke flew over my head. It was a good natured reminder to wake up and cautiously avoid being head on the head by the stuff that pigeons often drop. Watch out! I can think of a number of idioms for the…

Herod was a haunted man. But, like all haunted people, he was not haunted by ghosts, but by illusions in his mind. Herod was a character. He really loved his power and authority and thought a great deal of himself. He shared a name with others who were addicted to power, position, and wealth. Though…

If time is given to all, why do we need to buy it? Perhaps that is a bit of a misnomer, but since we have often wasted, squandered, a sold time to the lowest bidder, we often need to buy some back. We need to redeem time, invest time, and save time as we use…

Photo by x ) on Unsplash CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN GOD ALLOWS TO BE IN YOUR PATH ON THE ROAD TO YOUR ULTIMATE DESTINATION. We have not been created to stumble through life We are equipped to traverse purposefully and deliberately on the path to God's vision for our lives, our ultimate destiny and that of…

Hamburg was a market town populated by a majority of freed blacks in Aiken County, across the Savannah River from Augusta, Georgia. The Hamburg Massacre (or Red Shirt Massacre was just prior to the last election season of the Reconstruction Era. It was the first of a series of civil disturbances planned and carried out…

Into the Depths OF THE MYSTERY OF PRAYER Prayer is the human experience of a deep spiritual mystery. Mutual communication with God is going on far beneath the surface of our lives. Not only do we often not know what to pray, we often know not what we are praying. Red more at Diving In Dive…

Mark 6:1-12  New International Version Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed.  “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is…