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Gubernatorial Elections are Off to a Good Start

Posted in Alabama on March 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Times Daily Article Here
Thomas is self-employed as an inventor and listed night vision contact lenses, suborbital floating missile drones and a “micro copy scope” that allows germs to be viewed on the Web as some of his inventions.

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My Little Girl is on ESPN

Posted in Alabama, Family, Rural Life on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »

ESPN outdoors has a story about the coon dog funeral.  We thought it was such an educational event we checked Keelyn out to attend.  Someone snapped a photo and she’s in the picture accompanying the story:
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/news/story?id=3666924

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Voting

Posted in Alabama, Politics on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I just got back from voting.  An older African-American couple sat across from me at the table an made me think that while Black folks certainly had the legal right to vote since 1870, in living memory in my state of Alabama it certainly wasn’t a real option in some places.  I won’t presume who [...]

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Road Trip

Posted in Alabama, Family on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We had a nice weekend.  I took this Sunday off and we went down to Tuscaloosa yesterday.
I needed to do some research at the University of Alabama library, so we took Keelyn and Graeme to Moundville after worshiping at the First Presbyterian Church of Tuscaloosa this morning.  We stopped by Natural Bridge on the way [...]

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The cup that we bless …

Posted in Alabama, Funny, Pastoring, Religion on December 7, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Being one of the few full time ministers among the country churches in our presbytery has meant that I’ve often had the task of helping serve many of our smaller country churches when they are without a pastor.  This has meant getting lost on many rambling county roads, preaching to congregations of 2-4 people at [...]

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Morning Reads

Posted in Alabama, Resources, Rural Life on June 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s a list of lectures on podcasts found through the Unashamed Workman.
We really need some rain here: Alabama drought deepens
and I thought this was very cool, we might have to look into it:Rural US towns – left out by broadband – build their own

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Alabama State Senate Brawl

Posted in Alabama on June 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Actually it was a single punch, but Alabama Public Television caught it on film.

I love the quotes in the Times Daily article.  “I might whop you again,” Bishop said, and “I’ve been down here 23 years,” Sanders said. “There have been many heated moments, but I don’t know of another moment [...]

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