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Reflections of Grace - Genesis 1:1“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” — Genesis 1:1 The importance of this first sentence of the Bible cannot be overstated. It is truly foundational in every way and informs every aspect of knowledge and understanding that we possess. Everything that exists has its source in God as the Divine Creator...
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April 13, 1994 – Sheltered Workshop Welcomes Newspaper For Recycling
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Close To HomeTomorrow is OUR day! Look around this Correspondence page of The Prospect-News to understand. April 18 is National Columnists Day. Readers of this weekly publication can count on regular submissions from these same individuals in every issue. Some readers thumb through the paper and skip over it. ...
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A Good WordLOAVES AND FISHES I got this message recently: “I’m taking food to the respite center. Ladies from church are also filling our spot so we are sharing the work. This really makes me happy, of course God is doing the blessing and blessing us too to see Him at work. I will take my stuff to church on Sunday and put it with the other things.”...
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News From NaylorHi to all. I went to painting class at the Naylor cafeteria last Friday night with my sister, Pam Cox, and niece Amanda Leroux. It was a fundraiser for the project graduation seniors here at Naylor. I enjoyed it. I had never been before. I’m not sure what my picture looked like...
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Modern Hill WomanAfter The Eclipse On April 8 the sun and moon perfectly aligned to create a spectacle that I may never see again. The continental U.S. will experience totality again in 2045. I will be 86, so I may get to experience it one last time. Seeing the sun as it really is, a vast, spiky star in space, is a profoundly beautiful and shocking sight. ...
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News From Out WestI know so many people visited Ripley County for the Eclipse. It was very cool to experience, but for me the best part was I got to spend the day with my son, Doug Mandry of Mayfield, Ky. We had a wonderful visit, something we don’t get to do very often. Only one thing would have made it even better, if my daughter-in-law Michelle and granddaughters Faith and Skylar could have been here...
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News From HandyA fire blazing in the fireplace to take the chill off, I stepped outside to check out the sky. Yes! I so wish I could capture what I saw for my readers. Low in the western sky the crescent moon found a clearing in the treetops and above it I could see most of the stars of Ursa Major bright against the black sky. ...
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God’s Protective LoveIn How Firm a Foundation, Jennifer Benson Schuldt described a visit to her great-grandmother’s house when she was a little girl. The elderly relative lived by a farm, and to keep cattle from trespassing, her yard was surrounded by an electric fence. When she asked to play outside, her parents agreed but cautioned her, explaining that touching the fence would be painful...
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Circuit ThoughtsThis past week has been a wonder. I am now a grandfather again. Our daughter just had her first child and that makes two grandchildren for my wife and me. Susan and I raised three wonderful children and yet I still am in awe and wonder at the birth of a child. The absolute miracle of this newborn baby just solidifies my faith in our creator God...
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The Hope of EasterPopular author, Jim Cymbala, became pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle in 1971. He once wrote about a particularly busy Easter which left him both fulfilled and exhausted. At the end of multiple services, he sat down on the edge of the platform and loosened his tie before noticing a disheveled dirty homeless man on the third row who seemed eager to talk...
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Blind Faith vs. Genuine FaithFor more than 1,000 years, astronomers believed stars and planets revolved around the earth. They observed how stars moved smoothly in their orbits while planets did not. Planets’ orbits wobbled, their speed varied, and sometimes even seemed to reverse directions. To explain facts that seemed to defy logic, scientists developed increasingly complex theories...
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Love Is KindI recently listened to Carol Burnett read her autobiography, This Time Together. The star’s story is both entertaining and inspiring. Since I grew up in the 1960s and have watched many of her performances, I especially enjoyed the book. One story I found particularly humorous occurred in the summer of 1959 as Burnett was enjoying her first success on the New York stage in, Once Upon a Mattress. ...
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Reflections Of Grace - Galatians 3:29“And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.” (ESV) — Galatians 3:29 Every Christian loves the Bible, but many struggle to understand exactly how the Old Testament relates to the New Testament. What is evident is that the gospel did change things. ...
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Circuit ThoughtsEaster has passed. We continue to rejoice in the Risen Savior. The weather is warming, and the days are getting longer. Rain has been falling and planting is going. Times are changing. Some of our children are now going into the world. Some of our adults are no longer with us. Times are changing...
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April 12, 1984 – Students Are Winners In Newspaper Contest
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News From Out WestI hope all have enjoyed the Eclipse and now to go onto something new. I am sure it was very exciting to those who have never seen this before. I hope many were not disappointed as it might not have been what they thought it would be like. I guess once you have seen this once it’s not a big deal. Don’t get me wrong I know it is a big event. I just wish people would get this excited about the Lord. If they did, they would see greater miracles than seeing an Eclipse...
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PrioritiesYesterday morning started much the same as many mornings. Danny said the blessing, we shared breakfast, and then I sent him off to work with coffee to go, lunch and a kiss. Since this was an “every other Tuesday” I had coffee with Teresa, a true friend and confidante. ...
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News From NaylorThere is a meeting on April 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Naylor Library to recruit new members to help with the Naylor Heritage Day event on the first Saturday of October. For more information contact Jennifer McKinney at the Peoples Bank in Naylor. Hope you helped celebrate eclipse day in Naylor. The senior citizen center held a fund raiser of chicken and dumplings or fried chicken. The Depot also had an event to help celebrate...
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News From HandyWe hope everyone enjoyed clear skies for viewing the Great American Total Eclipse. It brought home to me the wonder that, in these uncertain and divisive times, our universe has a high degree of predictability and dependability. This naturally occurring but rare event brought people together to observe and marvel at the phenomenon and that, I think, is truly a blessing...
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Modern Hill WomanCourting The Huddleston Girls “Oh, you better not go to Huddleston Mountain if you’re lookin’ for a wife. Old man Huddleston has some pretty young daughters and he’s pretty handy with a butcher knife.” Some Carter County boys penned this little ditty to the tune of “Wolverton Mountain.” Only the bravest of lads dared to even attempt to go steady with my sisters, and they’d better be ready to propose marriage once they were face-to-face with daddy. ...
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Close To HomeVisits to Ripley County to visit grandparents were adventures with a couple of distinct variations. Momo and Popo Pearson lived on A highway deep in snipe country. There were clusters of woods and lots of fields, tons of gardens and lots of pigs. And ponds...
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March 28, 1974 — Clubs To Transfer Eyesore Into Eyesight
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Reflections Of Grace - Philippians 3:17“Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.” (ESV) — Philippians 3:17 “Do as I say, not as I do”—that is a statement we have all heard from time to time, usually in jest. It is a somewhat sarcastic reply that some people give when their own inconsistency is pointed out. ...
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The Hope of EasterPopular author, Jim Cymbala, became pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle in 1971. He once wrote about a particularly busy Easter which left him both fulfilled and exhausted. At the end of multiple services, he sat down on the edge of the platform and loosened his tie before noticing a disheveled dirty homeless man on the third row who seemed eager to talk...
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Becky HillA Good Word
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Teresa LeeClose To Home
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Bernice RigginsEllsinore News
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Sharon HastingsOut West
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Laura Sue HoeferFrom Laura Sue's Recipe Box
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Ethel MaysNaylor News
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Bonny DavisHandy News
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Serra McCabeWest Point News
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Donna Tillman-SandlinNews From Currentview/Purman
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Kent WilfongCircuit Thoughts