Conversations with my dog Mollie

Dear Mollie, I’m thinking about you today and wondering what you’re doing. Love, Mommie Dear Mommie, It’s been such a long time since you’ve written anything for The Hartwell Sun.  I know that people still ask you what’s going on and why you stopped writing about us.

The Biden-Harris Border Debacle: A Humanitarian Crisis

The Biden-Harris border policy has created a humanitarian crisis in America. A report introduced to Congress alleges that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) placed large numbers of illegally trafficked migrant children into the custody of people who had not been vetted.

Study on housing insecurity

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church is doing a yearlong study of housing insecurity, starting in our fall Bible Study Christian Formations series:  “The Son of Man Has Nowhere to Lay His Head.  What Shall We Do About That?”  In our first session, we had 26 questions.

A flood of immigrants

When the Biden/Harris administration came into power the borders of the United States were secure, and only a trickle of people testing were our borders. Neither the Congress nor the Supreme Court did anything to change this.

Mordecai: ‘You’re not supposed to stay dumb for 99 years’

Mordecai Wilson was relaxing in his recliner when we arrived at his home in Lula, a town of about 3,000 in northeast Georgia. I had never met the man, although I’d read several of his letters in a newspaper, words encouraging people to follow God and do the right thing.

Big magnet energy

An urban legend is defined as a genre of folklore concerning stories about a sometimes scary event that many people believe to be true but largely are not. As a writer and storyteller, I love a good urban legend. Take the Boston Red Sox infamous ‘Curse of the Bambino,’ for example.

Gratitude for our linemen

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which swept through Hart County the destruction was palpable. Fallen trees and widespread power outages left our community reeling.

People vote with their feet

People vote with their feet, as numerous studies about migration among the states have shown. But they don’t only do this by crossing state lines. The IRS publishes data every year about migration not only from state to state, but from county to county.

God’s word stands forever

Returning to my hometown recently to visit family, I was glad to hear my brother say that he wanted us to attend church with him. He had spoken fondly about the congregation on numerous occasions and now my family would get to experience it firsthand along with his.

All things spring from love

Love is all there is – all things spring from it.  Love is the key to all things, the foundation — that which undergirds all of life and relationships.  You can spend your whole physical life trying to understand LOVE but you’ll only grasp it when you are fully in the spirit.