In the final week before Christmas , people are out and about looking for that perfect gift for their loved ones. For some people, the...

This past Saturday, my wife and I attended the Piedmont Valley Football Officials Association End-of-Year Banquet and Meeting at...

Lately, I have realized that I enjoy words. I enjoy a good pun, a good riddle, and even just playing around with different words to...

In December 2021, I pulled the plug on the previous iteration of I Was Just Thinking…
 Over the past 21 months, I have had the chance to...

I don't know if you have ever worked the polls during an election , but I can tell you that there is a lot that happens on an election...

It is finally that time of year! No, not Thanksgiving . Not Christmas . It is basketball season! Basketball is by far my favorite sport....

“Slow and steady wins the race.” This well-known phrase from the classic Tortoise and the Hare  has been part of our cultural vernacular...

Several weeks ago, our Upward Sports Flag Football and Cheer Ministry participated in our local high school's Homecoming parade. This has...

While working the satellite office for early voting a couple of weeks ago, one of my team members discovered an old-fashioned pencil...

Dorothy and Toto. Luke, Han, and Leia. Rey, Poe, and Fin. Katniss and Peeta. Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel. The...

NOTE : My intention of this post was to talk about how we need to be careful about how we live out our faith and use Scripture because...

Guest Post by Powell Smith As you read this, I want you to think of the latest “buzz word”. What do you mean “buzz word”? There is a word...

“ I deserve it! ” We have all uttered this phrase. We may all have different “its”, but we all say it. Sometimes we even flip it around...

I have a great team to work with in Youth Ministry right now. We have been together for a couple of years, and they are tremendous...

One of the joys and burdens of being around the house more often is actually seeing what it looks like sometimes. So many times we just...

This past week, I did something that I have not done in a long time. And frankly, it was something that I am not very good at in my...

In the past couple of weeks, I have started listening to a daily radio show/podcast that talks a lot about life, relationships, and...

Have you ever heard the phrase, “It is too good to be true”? I'm sure many of you have, and recently, I was reminded of this simple but...

Guest Post by Paula Morgan If you told me five years ago that I would be a pre-med student in college who loved science and planned to...

During this pandemic season , I have watched my share of movies and television shows. Last week, I pulled out a movie I had not watched...