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Uncle Ronnie (Ron Jon)
Today I went to the funeral service of my Uncle Ronnie. He lived a long life and recently lost his battle with sickness and moved on to glory with God. As the service unfolded and people began to witness about him it made me think about the kind of man he was. I heard people…
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Faith- Tree of Life
In my backyard stands a grand pecan tree. The tree is estimated to be 200-250 years old, maybe even older than that. It is rooted very deep into the ground and has roots going out into the yard 12 to 15 feet. This tree is about twelve feet around at the base and splits off…
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Spirit Chronicles: The Abandoned Cabin of Evil
Near my house is an old abandoned cabin that was built back in the early 1900’s. Most of it still stands but it is very old and in rough shape. It was the home to generations of family members until the mid 1970’s when the last of the family died and left the property for…
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Losing My Hero, My Dad
I was coaching at my old high school in 2009 and in the middle of the season I suddenly lost my dad. My dad was a 30 year retired police officer who also served over 30 years volunteering at the local high school as president, vice president and secretary of the boosters club. My mom…
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Spirit Chronicles: Tired and Afraid
I had a dream that I was very tired and stuck at the bottom of a mountain. It was a long ways to the summit and had to be climbed to get to the other side. My left hip was hurting really bad and I looked up and thought “I may not be able to…
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Americana- Football, Family, Friends and Faith
There are three things that have been a part of my family tradition for what seems forever and a day. Football, Family, Friends and faith are all part of my American dream. For millions of Americans these four F’s have become part of what we know as the annual right of passage from early September…
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Americana: Dirt Road Diary
Growing up I spent most of my life living on an old dirt road. The road I grew up on did not get paved until I was in my later teens and I do not know how many times I ran up and down that road to see my friends and hang out. We lived…
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Americana- Off Shore Fishing With Dad
Growing up and into my late 30’s we always took family vacations to the beach. When we did my dad, brothers and I would take a day trip with a Captained boat to go out and do some off shore fishing. My dad loved to fish and we often would catch the limit on about…
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Spirit Chronicles: House On the Hill
I saw a huge house built of granite up on a hill way above the ground I was standing on. It was built solid and surrounded by tall Angels holding golden staffs. The Angels were over ten feet tall and were standing guard over the giant house on the hill. The house had twelve huge…
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Faith- Lukewarm Spirituality
I am 100% convicted of the title of todays faith based lesson. I have been a spiritual person since I was just a young boy but have had times in my life when I was lukewarm at best. In fact, I have been less than lukewarm at times in my journey with God. The bible…
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Americana- July 4th Fireworks, Family and Friends
My family has been celebrating the fourth of July for many years at a pool party with friends, family and lots of fireworks. My dad loved fireworks and would always drive down to South Carolina or have someone bring some back from the beach to shoot off at the party. He would sit on the…
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Spirit Chronicles: Ghost in the Building
We have a small very old building on the edge of our property and today as I was mowing I sensed something in the building looking out the window at me. I stopped what I was doing, cut the mower off and sat there for a few minutes to see if I could see it…