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Remakes are tricky.  “With a Little Help From My Friends” was a Beatles original.  It appeared on their 1967 album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band .  It was remade two years later by the late Joe Cocker. It was certified gold in the U.S. and peaked at #35 on the Billboard 200.  The song is most known, at least of my generation, for Joe’s version being the Wonder Years theme song.  Fans of the show would hear that song once every week for six seasons.  As of 2010, it was the 7th most popular Beatles song in a Beatles Top 50 poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly. 

For several weeks, I’ve been watching the spring renewal process occur in my yard. Each year, I am eager to know what has survived the winter. And, I’m happy to report that most of my plants and trees seem to be living.

It is a privilege of mine to be able to answer Bible questions folks ask. The question about the gift of the Holy Spirit is one I have been asked several times because the Holy Spirit and His work fascinates man. I hope this article will help others who have wondered about the Holy Spirit (I Pet. 3:15).

My husband, Garey, despises weeping willow trees.  The reason he despises weeping willow trees is because he connects them with the annoying behavior of his younger sister, Charlotte.  As a child, Charlotte was notorious for honing in on activities that worried the daylights out of her older brother.  Garey was often a captive audience while riding in the back seat of the family Buick with his sister.  Charlotte decided she would count all the weeping willow trees between their home and any given destination every time the car pulled out of the driveway.  Garey still remembers hearing one w

Our country is running a deficit, a very serious deficit. We are fiscally broke and there is no end in sight to curb the limitless spending in Washington. I am outraged by the waste that pollutes our government. It makes my blood boil to see money that should be spent defending our country, instead being wasted.
 

The April 15th date causes many of us to feel a sense of dread. This of course is the filing deadline for personal tax returns. This year, due to the Washington D.C. Emancipation Day holiday being observed on April 15, the deadline is actually April 18 – the following Monday. So, tax anxiety can be drawn out a bit longer.

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    In ancient Rome before the Emperors, and even in the interim when Rome was without an Emperor, a citizen could walk in off the street and go directly before the Roman Senate to have his complaint, or any matter needing redress, settled by the senate… not going through regulating agencies, committees, and for bureaucracies.  Compared to now, ain’t that somethin’?

Have you ever seen a cat fight?  The fight always involves kicking, screaming, biting, scratching and hair-pulling, and that’s just at the onset.  Before its conclusion, the confrontation escalates into running, rolling around and body slamming.  And I’m not talking about two broads in a brothel.  I’m referring to actual felines.

Have we heard folks justify their behavior based on the thinking that all actions, and even our morality itself is “relative”? This reasoning says that there are no objective standards in life, and that the only standard for right and wrong is the standard we personally establish in our lives. It is from this thinking that we hear phrases like: “your truth,” “my truth,” etc. 

Long days, heated discussions, and budget negotiations marked the 13th week of the 2016 General Assembly. The Senate was in session three of the five weekdays while the Senate and House leaders used the other two days to work on budget negotiations.
The Senate is working diligently toward a budget compromise ensuring the people of the Commonwealth are not left without a state budget at the end of the session. We do not want to waste taxpayer dollars by calling a special session.