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Deb and I finished helping with Vacation Bible School this week. Our group consisted of T-1 and 1st graders. To be honest, helping might be too strong of a word. Our jobs were to control chaos. There were times when we achieved our goals and...

This is the time of year that I do a lot of recollecting. I remember family members who have come and gone before me. Today I have been thinking about my Granddad Little. I never got to know him much. He died when I was eight, and he was in bad...

Jesus said in Matthew that it rains on the just and the unjust. I don’t know what category we fall in – I probably do, but don’t want to admit it – but we got some rain today. In fact, this week we are at about 2.5 inches. To put that in perspec...

Most of you know, but for those who do not, I attend a Men’s Breakfast and Bible Study on Tuesdays and sometimes on Thursdays, just depending on what is going on. We can have anywhere from six to 16 men at either of the breakfasts and I’d say the...

I haven’t been a good Christian the last couple of weeks. I’ve barely opened my Bible. I have had no quiet time with Jesus. Life has just gotten in the way the past couple of weeks. Sleep has once again become an award I rarely win. My mood has bee...

There are many different definitions of grace in the dictionary. Webster's best defines grace as approval or favor. So, when you take that definition and apply it to the grace that God rains down on us when we believers put our faith in him, it...

Do you ever wonder about what your life would be if you were a better person? If you were more engaged with people? If, at times, you put others ahead of yourself, would your life be any different? How do you be a better person? There are probably a...

This article is going to surprise a lot of people. I’m not sure I even believe it myself, but I sure have some issues with what the Texas legislature is trying to do. Let’s make sure the record is clear. I will shout from the mountain tops that Jes...

I detest politicians. I mean most of them are slimy and honestly, not very good people. I admire leaders. Politicians will lie to you and trick you and tell you whatever they think you want to hear, right? I mean they kinda suck as human beings. Lead...

Does anybody remember the show “The Twilight Zone?” I feel like I might be living a real life example of that show and it is all because of TikTok. If you haven’t been keeping up with our government leaders, they are entertaining a bill that could...

Do you ever wonder why your ancestors settled where they did? Somewhere around here is an old article out of the Clark County Clipper about my great-great-grandfather William Little. Now, I’ve heard some stories about him that probably shouldn’t be...

I had decided once again to write about things going on around the farm. It is a busy time of the year. Once again, God told me to write about something else. It was just as if he was right next to me and said, “I think you should write about this in...

I don’t think there was ever any doubt, but I am, in fact, my father’s son. Dad could carry on a conversation with anybody. When mom would go to Wal-Mart, he’d sit on a bench at the front of the store and visit with whoever would sit down next to hi...

Has anyone seen much about the upcoming election to legalize recreational marijuana with State Question 820? The proponents of SQ 820, want to tell you all about the increased tax revenue that will help the state, millions of dollars, you know. They...

Sometimes I feel the need to get up on a soapbox and rant. Today, I feel the need to get up behind my virtual pulpit and tell my friends some things. Deb and I and several other people attended prayer meetings at the Christian Church in Laverne Wedne...

I have a bad case of spring fever. Yes, I also know that is dangerous. It is going to get cold again, like Wednesday or Thursday, but that doesn’t change the fact that spring is right around the corner and I just can’t wait. Spring is my fav...

This Saturday morning Laverne is having a community wide prayer service to ask our Lord and Savior to make it rain. I don’t know how dry we are. I know we are drier than the dirty '30s and when it was so dry in the 1950s. I know wheat pastures are b...

I was sitting in my recliner Saturday evening, listening to worship music on YouTube and cramming like I was still in college, trying to get ready for Sunday school, when one sentence in the study guide caught my eye. We were studying John 7:14-29...

One of the tractors we own is a Massey 275. On its good days it will put out about 64 horsepower. When it is tired, it puts out less. It doesn’t have a cab. It does have a canopy, though, that is starting to rust. It leaks a little 90 weight oil out...

One of the tractors we own is a Massey 275. On its good days it will put out about 64 horsepower. When it is tired, it puts out less. It doesn’t have a cab. It does have a canopy, though, that is starting to rust. It leaks a little 90 weight oil out...

I think God doesn’t give you answers to your prayers sometimes to show you that his answers that he reveals later are so much better. Last week I had decided that I had to write about the farm this week. What direction I was going to take was s...

Happy New Year to you all! The start of a new year brings thoughts and excitement of what is to come. I’m no different. Our household and farm are undergoing quite a change this year. We have always tried to grow a great majority of what we eat. Some...

This time of year is busy for almost everyone and we are no exception. By the way, was Thursday and Friday just freaking ridiculous or what? We broke water and fed extra and prayed everything would make it through just fine and with the exception of...

It just wouldn’t be the same, would it? Think about it, if Jesus had been born at the Ritz or in another five star hotel of the time, instead of in a manger surrounded by animals, because there wasn’t room at the inn. It wouldn’t have been the same,...

This week’s article was going to be multifaceted. I was going to talk about the new job adventure and things going on around the farm. I was going to talk about ideas we had for our gardens this year, since it appears I am going to be home more. I w...