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C.B. Embry Jr.: Recognizing Our Vietnam War Veterans on the 50th Anniversary

Later this week people from across the Commonwealth will gather in Frankfort for ceremonies at the Vietnam War Memorial to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the war fought against Communism in southeast Asia.  The event is one of nearly 1,000 being held across the country to honor and remember those who fought in that war.

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Patty Craig: A Slice of Time

Last week, the “thought for the day” in a meeting I attended was about developing the habit of helping others. I would like to be more helpful. Many times, my heart would be willing, but my brain isn’t tuned in.

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Cheryl Hughes: The Air Up There

Over the Labor Day weekend, my daughter, Natalie, and I took my granddaughter, Sabria, to the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.  Sabria has an affinity for all things outer space. 
    Before she could walk, she wanted us to carry her around outside in the evenings so she could see the moon and stars.  She is three years old now, and has often expressed a desire to “float around up there.”  She throws things, like Barbie dolls, up into the air and, unlike me, is unalarmed when they come crashing down into the kitchen sink. 

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Jarrod Jacobs: “The Devil's Broth”

Many years ago, a Mr. Thomas Hall (1610-1665) said, “We must not so much as taste of the devil’s broth, lest at last he brings us to eat of his beef.” This statement sounds funny at first, but Mr. Hall understood something that few people today seem to understand. That is, that sin is a progressive thing. Therefore, to play around with sin will bring sure and certain destruction.

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Patty Craig: A Slice of Time

In the fall of 2011, my health became a focus for me. My doctor had encouraged me to lose weight, eat more nutritiously, and move more – make a life change. Like most people, I pretty well knew what to do; I just had difficulty doing it. Old habits and attitudes are hard to overcome.

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Don Locke: Lookin Thru Bifocals

It's difficult, in a way, to write about my old friend, Brandon McKee- now gone from us some years. Difficult because, all of the things I would want and need to say would occupy too much time and space. Suffice to say, he was one of those people who grace our lives, and then are gone too soon from us.

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Cheryl Hughes: Wedding Rehearsal

One day, while I was washing bottles in the kitchen, my granddaughter, Sabria, was—unbeknownst to me—climbing into a chair in the dining room in order to take down the curtains from the one window in the room.  It is a short window, decked out in café sized curtains, embellished with Beauxbaton lace.
    When I next saw her, she had wrapped one curtain around her body, where it was secured with a clothespin.  The other panel was draped over her head.
    “I’m getting married today, Gee,” she announced.   
    “Well, I need to get your picture,” I said.

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Jarrod Jacobs: Ability Does Not Mean Authority

Authority is something that is needed in every walk of life. When we talk about certain people having the “right” to do this or that, we are saying that they have the authority to do it. For example, only those “duly authorized” can wear a policeman’s badge. What about when it comes to the Bible? Should there be a demand for authority in the Scriptures?

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Aaron Jacobs: Points in American History

America’s First Experiment with Communism:  Since the nation’s beginning, Americans have flirted with the system of Communism. It has never worked. America’s first experiment with a form of Communism occurred in the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia. Its founders adopted a form of Communism in their charter. In this charter, Jamestown used a common-store system to feed their settlers. Under this system, each person put their product into one communal storehouse, and all settlers were able to access the common-store according to their need.

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Andy Sullivan: Against the Grain

 

The Sir/Ma’am Introduction

I felt a little strange the first time I was called sir.  My thought at the moment, and still at times, was “You talking to me?” Now, at 35, I’m starting to get used to it.  Okay, that’s a lie.  When do you get used to it? Or do you? I posted that very question on social media and got varied results.

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