MINISTER'S BLOG

I suppose it would be an understatement to say that social media is influencing the culture around us!  Yes, that’s actually a huge understatement.  Like so many other innovations when they immerged on the scene,

One of the realities of living in Northeast Mississippi is that during a significant part of the year the threat of severe weather exists.  None would think it odd this time of year for the

The culture will soon be celebrating Mother’s Day.  I have many memories as a child of the annual celebration of my mom, Lola Fern (Phillips) Thornton.  Now since my celebration of her relies totally upon

The project of lawn improvement and beautification continues on Chatham street.  One of the areas that has been difficult to manage is the number of little trees that have grown up volunteer in some rather

Camille and I have taken a bit of a hiatus from our normal TV watching pattern of British crime dramas to something radically different.  We have been watching some shows that feature what are called

I have been driving for 46 years.  I vividly remember going to the DMV back in the day and picking up my little booklet that I saw the doorway to freedom.  I knew I was

The title for this blog post is a bit weird and maybe needs a bit of explanation.  I heard this phrase in an episode of the TV show Fringe.  One of the futuristic people called

The other day last week I was going through my daily routine of reading the headlines from my Google news app and ran across an article that really caught my attention.  It was entitled, “People

I celebrated a birthday last week and I can honestly say it was one of the best days I have had in a really long time.  What’s weird about that is that I was a

We are grateful to wake up this morning to the sun shining after a day and evening of stormy weather.  I don’t know how many times the tornado warning siren sounded last evening but it