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When I talk to folks and tell them about the Caneyville church of Christ, there may be some who wonder about the church of Christ and the principles for which it stands. Those who are not familiar with the church revealed in Scripture (Rom. 16:16) generally have many questions. This is good, and I am always glad to answer Bible questions (I Pet. 3:15) and to study God’s word with others. Perhaps you have questions about the church of Christ, what we do and why we do it. I hope this writing will help you.

There was much groaning in Frankfort when the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2018 struck down sound pension reform legislation passed during that year’s General Assembly.

The court’s unanimous decision ruling Senate Bill 151 unconstitutional had little to do with its substance.

Rather, the court took issue with the way it passed.

I caught an interesting episode of one of my favorite shows on AXS the other day.  The show was Top Ten Revealed and the subject was Classic Rock songs that were sampled in Hip Hop.  Before I dig into this, let’s first define sampling.  Sampling is defined as the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording.  Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm, melody, speech, sounds or entire bars of music, and may be layered, equalized, sped up or slowed down, repatched, looped or otherwise manipulated.  They are usually integrated using hardware(samplers) or software

Recently I came across a “How self-sufficient are you?” chart in The Modern Woodmen magazine (Summer 2021, p. 21). Author Leah Eigenbrod used the chart to identify life skills in the four areas of home, finance, health and safety, and automotive.  Whether self-evaluating or determining what we have taught our children or grandchildren, this chart is useful.

Renewed attention to who controls curriculum decisions is the equivalent of the sun starting to peek through the clouds in the stormy debate over the teaching of race in Kentucky’s public school classrooms. 

In well-intentioned but poorly executed efforts to bolster parental engagement and local control of schools, the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) of 1990, which is still in force, shifted much of the authority for curriculum, personnel and finances from locally elected school boards to School-Based Decision Making Councils (SBDM).

Years ago, when my neighbor and I were returning from the grocery store, we passed a house where he lived as a young man.  The white wooden house was in a state of disrepair.  

“I don’t know why somebody doesn’t do something with that place,” he said, “it’s a good sturdy house.”

           The above title was on a magazine cover I saw once. As I read that, I could not help but stand amazed at the extent to which our society has become enamored with self. Is it not amazing that someone could find “759 ways” to improve one’s physical life, and in all of this, could not see that there is but one thing that will make the most significant improvement? The most important improvement is the salvation of one’s soul!

Our Shot at Civil Liberties

What if there were seven children from Butler County in the ICU, two of whom were on ventilators?

What if we knew what put them there?  What if we knew how to keep our own children from adding to their numbers?  Would we do it?

I’m back again with another installment of my covers series.  Today, we will start with “Hippy Hippy Shake”.  Fans of the 1988 movie Cocktail remember this appearing in the film and on its soundtrack done by the Georgia Satellites of “Keep Your Hands To Yourself” fame.  However, the song has a much deeper lineage.  Written and first recorded by Chan Romero in 1959, it reached #3 in Australia.  Romero was 17 years old when he wrote the song.  A live version of the song can be found on the Beatles album Live at the BBC.  This version was recorded in July 1963, almost certain

Twins are not overly common, but my family has several. I recently spent time with my three-month-old great nieces – the youngest twins. They are precious, and they have amazing parents.