Roan Mountain Days

  High atop Roan Mountain on the Tennessee-North Carolina border are the largest natural rhododendron […]

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Elijah & I Visit James A. Garfield – We’re Especially Impressed By His Mother

  A Woman Who Worried Less and Lived More Philippians 4:4-9 is a go-to passage […]

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The Israel Museum

  The Israel Museum, located on the west side of Jerusalem near the Knesset, serves […]

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The Mount of Beatitudes

  This week in Israel we pondered the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) on the Mount of […]

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The Heart of the Andes

  “The Heart of the Andes” is one of America’s great treasures in oil, extolling God’s […]

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Hello, Nixon, My Old Friend

  Yesterday I spent a pleasant  afternoon visiting the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, dredging up […]

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My Favorite Smoky Mountain Artist

  My friend Jane Greenway once told me that oil paintings are restful to the […]

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Radnor Lake

  Grandson Elijah and I finally resumed the process of hiking our way through the […]

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Lincoln Land

  I’ve just finished Stephen Mansfield’s fascinating book, Lincoln’s Battle With God, which traces Abraham […]

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Word of Life – Scroon Lake

  I’ve heard about “Word of Life” for years — the fabulous international ministry started by […]

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Something Great Is Happening In Washington, DC!

  Something wonderful is happening in Washington, D.C, and it has nothing to do with […]

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Hike 2: Couchville Lake Loop

  My grandson Elijah and I are hiking our way through Johnny Molloy’s book, 60 […]

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