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Christian County and its county seat, Hopkinsville, are located in southwestern Kentucky, a part of the Pennyroyal region.  The county is bounded on the north by Hopkins and Muhlenberg Counties, on the east by Todd County, on the west by Trigg County, and on the south by Montgomery and Stewart Counties, Tennessee.

This year, Grandparents’ Day falls on September 11 – not a day we’re likely to think first of grandparents. However, the 9/11 date makes me think of country and family, and I’m very thankful for having had good grandparents.

    I seeem to be on a ponderous path-wanting to chew and rechew the rag some. Maybe I will wear it out
after a bit.

On Saturday, our daughter, Natalie, and her husband, Scott, were married in a ceremony at Graceland in Memphis.  Scott is a big Elvis fan, hence the ceremony location.  The little “Chapel in the Woods” adjoins the grounds where the mansion is located.  There are pictures of Elvis and Pricilla on the wall in the small dressing room, where I helped my daughter and granddaughter, Sabria, into their dresses, as well as additional pictures of the couple in the chapel.  It was a simple and lovely ceremony.  Sabria was a junior bride, and I choked up as I turned and watched Garey coming down the a

    It is certainly a difficult concept to fathom, but consider the question: “What if Christ had not come to earth?” What would that mean?
 
    If Christ did not come to the earth, then there is no New Testament. The very standard by which we live does not exist. This because Jesus is the mediator of a “better covenant established upon better promises.” (Heb. 8:6, 9:15, 12:24). This covenant was promised of God in Jeremiah 31:31-34 and fulfilled in Christ (Heb. 8:5-13).

INFORMAL MANNERS

Carter County, KY was formed in 1838 from Greenup and Lawrence Counties.  It was named for Colonel William Grayson Carter, who was a state senator in the Kentucky legislature when the county seat was formed.  The county seat, Grayson, was named for his uncle, Colonel Robert Grayson. 

James P. Hoffa said, “Labor Day is seen as a day of rest for many hardworking Americans” (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/labor_day.html). Even though I believe Hoffa is right, Labor Day weekend is a good time for a variety of activities. As the unofficial end of summer, many activities seem to beg for our time.

The ordeal of CHANGE.
    It is said we can never be really prepared for that which is new..  “it needs inordinate self-confidence to face drastic change, without some measure of fear.” 
We are afraid of the new- we don’t like it.  My daddy, Luther talk of the time when his grandfather, Charlie Locke- whom I remember quite well- saw his first automobile.
They were sitting on the front porch visiting, when a model-T Ford came down the road.