Several years ago, a dear friend of mine, and a member (and deacon) in our Church, Joe Myers excitedly called to inform me that The Lord had impressed him and Juanita to get involved with the basically unreached tribes that inhabit a string of islands that are located in the Atlantic Ocean f…

The American Academy of Pediatrics says that kids spend up to seven hours a day on screens. With summer vacation there is an increased amount of free time available for using computers and mobile devices.

This Sunday on our church calendar has traditionally been the Sunday we celebrate “Pentecost”; which is a Jewish Holy Festival that dates all the way back to the Old Testament.

Recently, at our Memorial Day Observance at the Court House; one of the speakers was waxing eloquently when – you guessed it – a skein wedge of geese flew over in their annual pilgrimage to – where ever. And that got me to thinking!

We too often overlook a group of school personnel who are just as important as teachers and make just as much of a difference. That is the support staff of our schools.

In my seven wonderful years in high school; I can clearly remember learning …; my razor sharp mind absorbed …; well, let’s see now, there must have been something I assimilated by merely being close to the spout of knowledge.

Love works in mysterious ways and, as it turns out, love and affection are necessary for optimal positive emotional and physical development.

I hope this is not being written to a bunch of ole dinosaurs who have been living under that great big ole rock in the middle of the Frogpond for the past twenty-thirty-forty years or so!

The question of the day is...now that we have all these lovely early summer vegetables coming in, what shall we do with them?

“Did you really spend three years in Bonehead English?” is a question I ran into recently. Actually, I was able to squeeze three years of Bonehead English and two years of Bonehead Math neatly into my seven years “on The Hill”; but who’s counting?

Reading to young kids is one way to motivate learning and foster togetherness in a society where books and printed stories are becoming less and less appreciated. However, barbershops around the country are prompting kids to read to the barbers as a way to strengthen their literacy skills an…

“Law Enforcement Memorial Week” is rapidly passing by with hardly a ripple on the pond of national events!

Ok, I read about these three guys who were charged to get to a town named “Perfection”.

What happens in your brain when you listen to music or when you are singing?

“Way back when” in those thrilling “days of yesteryear” our Church, First Baptist of Wartburg, in Morgan County, Tennessee had a semi-professionally produced television program on the local “cable access” channel. It covered the entire county – two counties, actually!

To quote Ainsley Earhardt on “Fox and Friends”, “What in the world?”

Ok!

Thank you!

Today’s students are the first generation to grow up surrounded by technology like smartphones, tablets, and e-readers. There has been more investment in classroom technologies, with students now equipped with school-issued iPads and access to e-textbooks.

Caution! This is going to sound like sour grapes, rotten apples, regurgitated prunes – all those metaphors; but it isn’t. Just bear with me, please.

I recall one of my church members of yesteryear regaling me with stories of the adventures of his family. Seems they were city folks and wanted to live in the “Boone Docks”; and so they loaded up the truck and moved to the hills of East Tennessee.