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Hopewell hosts special guests
ELLAVILLE — Crisp County Sheriff Billy Hancock, veteran law enforcement official, was the featured speaker Sept. 10 at ...
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Keith Wishum: You can be greater than you think
You can be greater than you think. You can be more successful than you think. It may be ...
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Keith Wishum: The world moves on
In one of Savannah’s lush squares, just a few blocks from where the dark waters of the Savannah ...
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Keith Wishum: Running towards twilight
On the 10th anniversary of his death, the newspaper where he had worked as a columnist reprinted excerpts ...
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Keith Wishum: Where am I?
When I overheard that question at McDonald’s, I laughed out loud. (Did you know that people look at ...
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Revival continues at Mount Zion Webster Baptist Church
Revival services at Mount Zion Webster Baptist Church of Preston continue at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23 and 24. ...
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Keith Wishum: Preparations were made
Someone had been thinking of me. Preparations had been made for my coming. I felt welcomed, important. A ...
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Keith Wishum: Thorns and thistles
Things don’t always go smoothly. Michael Bortman’s auto parts store was having a particularly snake-bitten day. Customer after ...
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Keith Wishum: Getting to the heart
My imaginary cousin Willie Wally Wishum is often the butt of jokes. For example, he was enjoying his ...
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Keith Wishum: Free to find the best
Would you like to learn a profound, theological truth that could forever change your life? Go to the ...
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Keith Wishum: What’s that Sound?
Thump. Thump. Thump. It’s 4:00 A.M. on a Friday morning. I do NOT want to be awake! But ...
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Keith Wishum: A father who loves underdogs
Back in the ‘60’s, Dad would “watch the game” on Sunday afternoons. Funny thing, he usually “watched” with ...
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Keith Wishum: A dead plant by the road
I laid a dead plant by the street. No one noticed. Perhaps no one noticed because dead plants ...
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Keith Wishum: Hearing angels sing
In my files is a list of “Life’s Unanswered Questions.” Can you answer these? • Why is it ...
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Keith Wishum: Someone who remembers
I saw a minister friend that I’ve known only casually and had not seen for months. It was ...
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Keith Wishum: Just one thing
“Only one thing is needed.” Are you kidding? Hundreds of things are needed today! Work is piling up. ...
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Keith Wishum: Becoming a saint
Following her death in 1999, Mother Teresa was on the fast track to becoming a saint in the ...
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Pastor’s Viewpoint: 4-8-17
The earliest swords, dating back to 3300 BC, were made of arsenical bronze which is arsenic-copper. They were ...
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Keith Wishum: Burning the edges
“Aaaagh, my plate is on fire!” my daughter screamed. It wasn’t surprising that her plate was burning. The ...
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Keith Wishum: I can’t do it
Rolling out of bed, my bare feet touched the pine floor of a house nearly a hundred years ...
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Church briefs: March 25, 2017
AMERICUS Night of Worship New Height Ministries presents “an amazing night of worship” from 7-8 p.m. April 6 ...
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Pastor’s Viewpoint: 3-18-17
Mary Ella and I were married on March 17, 1968 and graduated from college in June of 1968. ...
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How much bread is on your plate?
It is so very hard to see “how.” Looming obstacles block our line of sight. We see all ...
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Pastor’s Viewpoint: 3-11-17
Some of you I know; others I’ve never met and don’t know… but I do know you’re in ...
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Keith Wishum: It’s hard to see how
It is so very hard to see “how.” Looming obstacles block our line of sight. We see all ...
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Pastor’s Viewpoint: 3-4-17
Water! My urologist is telling me to drink water instead of soda and tea. Basically, he tells me ...
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Keith Wishum: So much has changed
I’m staring at a faded black-and-white photo. You’ve got one like it, just different people in it. This ...
Religion
Denim & Pearls event is Friday
New Life Temple of Deliverance Ministries hosts a fellowship Friday event, Denim& Pearls, at 7 p.m. Friday, March ...
