HILLSVILLE  PRESBYTERIAN

Musicians playing stringed instruments amaze me. Especially when they pick the strings to make marvelous melodies. I could listen to...

It's a tough issue, isn't it? Every day we make choices based on whether we need something or whether we desire it out of greed. It's a...

Lizards are not the loveliest of all creatures. This one looks a little wary. Or grumpy. I recall sitting on my balcony in an apartment...

Birthdays can be big deals, can't they? I remember exactly how I spent my 30th birthday... at a youth conference with thousands of...

The ability to walk is no small miracle. To watch a child wobble upright rather than crawl on all fours is a fearful delight. Literally...

The big push is over. All that thinking about gifts to give. Purchasing or ordering them. Wrapping and shipping or delivering them....

Got your ducks in a row? Or, in this case, your roosters in a line!?! In other words, are you on top of things, organized, prepared,...

Every day someone receives news that forever splits life in two, separating life-as-it-was into life-as-it-now-is. Often, it's a single...

It's a precious gift. Many of us regard it as fragile so we guard it like glass. It can be easily broken. It's the top of the list of...

I'm thinking this young fellow is expecting someone to come along to play with him - what do you think? Or maybe he's expecting a parent...

Like a door, a window, a gate, a book, a milk carton, a bank account, a faucet, and a mind, a heart may be open or closed. People with...

Anyone else remember painting by the numbers? No artistry needed! Just match up the number on the little pot of paint with the number on...

No, I didn't leave off the "s". I really mean Shifting Ands. Although this is a cool picture of sand. Well, sand and mountains. See -...

My mother resisted learning what I call the "domestic arts." She grew up on a farm in Ohio. She preferred to be outside slopping pigs,...

All manner of stuff shapes us. Our upbringing. Where we've lived. Where we're currently living. What we've done for a living. Birth...

It's a way of life for many of us. We make lists. Grocery lists. To-do lists. A list of birthdays to remember. A Christmas card list. A...

The expression wore pretty thin if you ask me. We heard it too many times. We heard it from the actor hired to say it. And then we heard...

Seems like a silly question, doesn't it? Since when do we have to know how to be in love?! Doesn't it just happen? Isn't it almost...

When do you most feel separated or isolated from others? Where do you experience distance? We as humans intentionally and unconsciously...

Ever feel blue? Just plain blah? Discouraged. Depressed. Down. Done. How could we not bump into a patch of the blues from time to time?...