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As we approach Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent, I’ve found myself drifting back over the last few years. After all, it is a season of reflection and abstinence. My Confirmation Saint knew this all too well – and spoke of it often. I have long loved St. John Henry Newman, and that affection…
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Let’s talk… Reading: The First “Wing” a Child Learns to Use I recently watched my three-year-old granddaughter line up her dolls in a perfect row across the floor. She carefully chose a favorite book — one she has heard so many times she knows every word. Then she began to “read” it to them with…
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From Waste to Wealth: A Better Path Than Roberta II Dear Editor: Communities across the Tennessee and Kentucky border from Scott County to McCreary County and Russell County, and the Cumberland River region face a defining choice. Do people accept another massive landfill—specifically the proposed Roberta II Landfill—sold as “economic development” but destined to become…
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When I was in college, I began experiencing bizarre and seemingly unexplained episodes. Initially, doctors believed them to be blood pressure issues that were causing sudden spikes followed by dramatic drops in my pressure. It ultimately caused me to fall through a glass window. That frightening moment led to a million different tests trying to…
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Let’s talk…It almost Valentines-what is love? Valentine’s Day has a way of reminding people how complicated love can feel. Even in good relationships, many quietly wonder why love sometimes misses its mark — why effort doesn’t always translate into closeness, and why good intentions still leave someone feeling unseen. One reason is simple, but rarely…
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With all this cold weather we’ve been having these past couple of weeks, I’ve been hibernating inside where it’s nice and warm as much as I possibly can. However, the snow reminds me of snowy days when I was a kid. Momma used to dress us in warm clothes and let us go outside to…
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We offer our deepest thanks As we go to press this week, thousands of people across Tennessee and the greater region are still without power. Many without shelter. In the wake of the recent winter storms, we just wanted to say how grateful we are that Scott County once again demonstrated the characteristics that defines…
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Let’s talk…Have Hope! It’s hard to take our eyes off our problems. Some people are struggling and striving over pain in body, mind or soul. Perhaps grief, betrayal, resentment, aloneness. Any of these situations could result in depleting our energy and hope. John 16:33. “In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and…
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Tammy Reminiscences Well here it is January the 26th and even though It’s really hard for me to get settled into the new year, this month is already gone! Most of you folks take your tree and everything down the day after Christmas. I finally got everything down at my house, but all the decorations…
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I was recently thinking about a catchphrase – or rather quotes from reviews – that I used on my now-defunct blog, back when the internet felt like a place you voluntarily went rather than a notorious entity that stalks your every move. It lived on MySpace, which dates me immediately, but for a while it…
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