Over the summer we have had guest authors for our Words for Wednesday. Today will be the last segment of our summer series and today’s guest author is Kim Mayes. Enjoy Cemetery Lessons My mom and I took a trip last week, just the two of us. We packed our things and headed west to the hills of East Tennessee, the place both of us will always call home. Our agenda was simple: to visit a couple of fam...  Read More

For the next several weeks, we will have guest authors for our Words for Wednesday. Today our guest author is Kenny Olive. Enjoy Excuses I want to talk about making excuses—something each of us have probably done. I know I have. And it’s not a good thing to do. Benjamin Franklin said, “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else” and Florence Nightingale, “I attribute my suc...  Read More

For the next several weeks, we will have guest authors for our Words for Wednesday. Today our guest author is Sarah Knott. Enjoy. My Current Favorite Word I’m sure if someone asks you what your favorite Bible verse is you could list at least one, possibly two or three. We’ve all thought about our favorite verse or verses. Have you ever thought about your favorite word from the Bible in the original ...  Read More

For the next several weeks, we will have guest authors for our Words for Wednesday. Today our guest author is Michael Jordan. Enjoy Stolen, or Given Away..? There is a popular Christian song out now with these lyrics: “I’m calling the angels down, I’m storming the gates of hell, Tell the devil he don’t own my soul, I’m taking back what the enemy stole”. As I was pondering those words, I was drawn t...  Read More

For the next several weeks, we will have guest authors for our Words for Wednesday. Today our guest author is Debbie Clay. Enjoy Giving Thanks One of my bookmarks has a pretty painting on it. On the back it states, “Celebrating the season of gratitude.” This card was sent to me from our car insurance around Thanksgiving time. As I thought about the words “season of gratitude,” it implies that being...  Read More

For the next several weeks, we will have guest authors for our Words for Wednesday. Today our guest author is Christy Olive. Enjoy Anchored “In Times Like These”…this was the title of a song my Daddy sang in Church many times when I was growing up. I can still hear him singing it to this day, even though he celebrated his Homegoing over 30 years ago. The song was written by Ruth Caye Jones in 1944....  Read More

For the next several weeks, we will have guest authors for our Words for Wednesday. Today our guest author is Todd Sorrell. Enjoy If We Can Keep Them Tomorrow is Independence Day when we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. But our current form of government came many years later when the Constitution was ratified by the States. Along that journe...  Read More

For the next several weeks, we will have guest authors for our Words for Wednesday. Today our guest author is Mikal Duncan. Enjoy The Power of Hope Have you ever heard of a “power triad”? A triad can be any group of three, a trio, like three notes in a musical chord. But a power triad distinguishes itself by its strength and effect. The most famous power triad is the Holy Trinity: Father, Son and H...  Read More

For the next several weeks, we will have guest authors for our Words for Wednesday. Today our guest author is Dolores Callier. Enjoy All Things Big and Small Have you ever felt that something was not important enough to pray about? Like wanting to find an empty parking space at your destination? Or maybe trying to find something you put where it would be handy, but now you can’t remember where it i...  Read More

For the next several weeks, we will have guest authors for our Words for Wednesday. Today our guest author is Ruth Sorrell. Enjoy, Words for Wednesday, Father’s Day Edition This weekend we celebrate Father’s Day. If you have forgotten, there is still time to buy a gift, get your card in the mail or maybe make a dinner reservation. Many in our congregation care for their aging parents as I am. I reali...  Read More

The Lord’s Supper This coming Sunday, we will be observing the Lord’s Supper.  In 1 Corinthians chapter 11, we find that the church in Corinth had distorted its purpose.  It is possible to become so accustomed to observing this ordinance that we too can become jaded to its importance, and we can become insincere in our partaking of it.For 2,000 years, the church has observed the Lord’s Supper and i...  Read More

This week Mikal Duncan is our special guest author while Pastor Kevin is away. We hope you enjoy her Words for Wednesday Expectations “Your paycheck is your thanks” This was the unexpected response I received from my team member after I expressed disappointment in not being acknowledged for my part in our latest project. Wow. I was stunned into silence. What could I say? He was right – harsh, but ...  Read More