My Daddy was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 9, 1931. I have one of his hand-crocheted little booties in a shadow box frame in our living room. Today, on his birthday, I am grateful for the memory of a loving father. I know this is a blessing that not everyone has and I do not take this ... View Post
A Lesson from the Clowns
On Saturday during my friends getaway, we attended the 60th Annual North Carolina Gem and Mineral Festival in Spruce Pine. Wow! God put a profusion of gems and minerals in the ground. A host of people made in His image make beautiful jewelry out of them. Because this is Spruce Pine's 60th annual ... View Post
A Message from John Winthrop – Choose Life
Tomorrow we, as a nation, celebrate Independence Day for the 243rd time. For the last two days, I have been sharing excerpts from John Winthrop's sermon he gave to his fellow Puritan travelers on the Arabella when they crossed the Atlantic Ocean. One hundred forty-six years passed between the ... View Post
A Message from John Winthrop – A City on a Hill
Yesterday we talked about Puritan John Winthrop's sermon "A Model of Christian Charity," which he spoke to his fellow travelers on the Arabella in 1630. Yesterday we talked about not embracing the world. Today we talk about being a city on a hill. Winthrop's sermon continued: Now the only way to ... View Post
A Message from John Winthrop – Don’t Embrace This Present World
As Ray began his sermon yesterday, he asked us to imagine being one of one hundred people who were all together on one side of our church's auditorium -- for two months without leaving. Then he told us that this is what it was like for the Puritans who came across the Atlantic Ocean on the Arabella ... View Post
Names and A Grateful Memorial Day
My husband Ray's full name is Raymond Wesley Notgrass. In my Memorial Day thoughts for you, I'd like to tell you why. I'll start with the last name Notgrass and work my way forward. I am grateful that Ray gave me the name Notgrass to share with him. I don't mind that I always have to repeat ... View Post
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