Tag: Country

  • The Endings

    The Endings

      "Evie set the bar low but Peckerwood just considered it a challenge. There seemed to be no expectation so low that Peckerwood couldn't get beneath it. You know a man ain't worth a wooden nickel when his own mother quits him." - Barbara Thurman, [..]
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  • A Matter of Allegiance

    A Matter of Allegiance

    Join me for a game of Imagine for a bit, shall we? This is a game where I imagine the world as I would like it to be. Or where I try to imagine the world as others wish it to be. Let's start with[..]
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  • Face-to-Face with God

    Face-to-Face with God

    [caption id="attachment_3753" align="aligncenter" width="940"] There is no better moving crew than Mormons. This group turned out to move us out of old home. The guys in suits served as cheerleaders.[/caption] We got moved. Sort of. All our stuff is pushed back against the walls of[..]
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  • RAISED UP WHITE IN ALABAMA

    RAISED UP WHITE IN ALABAMA

    Editor’s Note: This is the fourth installment in a series of interviews I’m conducting with people across the country. This is an effort to get to know the stories of the people whose status updates I see on Facebook.  It is the discovery of how[..]
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  • A Thanksgiving Day Prayer

    A Thanksgiving Day Prayer

    Dear God: I am thankful for Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Rep. John Lewis, who made me cry when he told the story of growing up in a segregated South. I remember. Thank you for these men and women,like Senators Warren, Boxer, Duckworth,[..]
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  • Our Righteous Wars

    Our Righteous Wars

      Maybe you've seen the video going viral of the Marines singing the worship song Days of Elijah? It's been going around my Facebook page with the headline Holy Spirit takes over Oorah-style.  The script that follows speaks to America's "innate reliance upon God." For[..]
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