Will the Trough be Big Enough?

Will the Trough be Big Enough?

For the Holsteins, Brown Swiss and Jerseys of DeLoach and Sons Dairy, troughs came in all sizes – from concrete cribs to barrels cut in half. There were many muddy December days as a kid that I spent pouring out sacks of grain into these makeshift containers as hungry...
8448

8448

8448 – Oh, how well I remember that number. As a boy in our rural county those were the only four numbers I needed to remember to call home. It was an era of “party lines” and rotary dials and for over fifty years those last four digits helped keep me connected...
Saw Mills and Pulpits

Saw Mills and Pulpits

Thirty years ago I was wrapping up my junior year in college, preparing to get married that summer, and completing my first year as pastor of my first church. The good folks of Unity Baptist were taking care of their “boy preacher,” but I still needed some extra money...
Peches – But Missing Something

Peches – But Missing Something

Along a busy highway in middle Georgia there is fruit stand that I pass by when I go home to visit my daddy and family. This particular one sells peaches. At least I think so. The sign literally read, “Peches.” I assume during the fall the merchants sell “bold...
Holy Week Wanderings – Good Friday

Holy Week Wanderings – Good Friday

The events of Good Friday are well known and often told by believers and followers throughout the world. Each Gospel offers only one word to describe what happened: crucified. Though we want all the gory details – we live in a culture of violence after all – not much...