• Jeremy’z Journey: Recycling saves the planet, but does nothing for souls living on it 05/16/2012 We have this wonderful green container at our house that was recently provided by the city. Free of charge, this green waste container is bigger, has better wheels, a nice metal handle, an attached lid that has no problem staying closed and is meant to ho...
  • Aunt Hester’s General Store: Trucks, Trucks, and More Trucks! 05/16/2012 Sweet Morsels of Goodness, for the past week or so there has been nothing but trucks coming through LaFollette on their way to Caryville so they can get back onto I-75. I’ve been sitting out on the porch of the General Store and I’ve found it such a w...
  • Jeremy’z Journey: Experience again teaches me to rely on God 05/09/2012 "Experience is a great teacher, but she sends in terrific bills” – Minna Thomas Antrim (1861-1950). Those of you who have followed this writing from the beginning may recall the recent ranting about locks and why they are necessary from Lock your doo...
  • Aunt Hester’s General Store: Don’t Forget To Title Your Work 05/08/2012 A few weeks ago, I was having a Senior Moment and I forget to put a title on my column and someone else did it for me. I wouldn’t have minded so much except for the fact that the title had nothing to do with what I had written! I wrote about the id...
  • Jeremy’z Journey: Prayer vs. Reason. Are those who pray, unreasonable? 05/02/2012 As some may be aware, the first Thursday of May – May 3 this year – has been established as a National Day of Prayer. As a Christian, I am aware of how our faith – and even other faith – is constantly under attack. But I must say this one was new...
  • Jeremy’z Journey: Of course Jesus can walk on water! But who is Peter? 04/25/2012 I’ve always been intrigued by the story of Jesus walking on the water to meet His disciples who had gone ahead of Him to their boat. While amazing and startling to His disciples, I’m not talking about His action of walking on water. Jesus on the wate...
  • Aunt Hester’s General : Surround yourself with beauty not ugliness 04/19/2012 Darlings, I’ve just put away all my Easter things and this afternoon, I and a few of my friends managed to eat the last of the Chocolate Easter Eggs I made. It’s been a beautiful Spring so far and everything is so green because of all the rain. ...
  • Jeremy’z Journey: He rose from death and even His followers were skeptical 04/14/2012 When I started this series, the first column published asked the question, “Who else do you know who is celebrating their 2,000th birthday?” Today, many countries still celebrate Christmas, even if many of those have changed it from ‘a celebration o...
  • Aunt Hester’s General Store: People Don’t Stop to Think 03/30/2012 For months, even years, I can’t help but listen to what people are saying as they sit in the General Store enjoying the coffee and the sweet delectables I prepare. I’ve noticed that more and more, folks are not paying attention to what is really going...
  • Jeremy’z Journey: The three hardest words to say 03/28/2012 If you’ve been reading this writing series, then you know the last few have been geared toward those who don’t know Christ Jesus as their personal savior. The words have been written for those who have never accepted that he stretched out His arms and...
  • Aunt Hester’s General Store: The Calm After the Storm 03/17/2012 Tornado warnings one week and then the closing of I-75 for a few days the next . . . we’ve had a few busy weeks, haven’t we, Campbell County? Since the General Store is located right in the heart of Downtown LaFollette, I had a bird’s eye view of al...
  • Jeremy’z Journey: ‘Have you Ever’… realized whose heart you’re breaking? 03/14/2012 “Have you ever loved somebody so much it makes you cry? Have you ever needed something so bad you can’t sleep at night? Have you ever tried to find the words but they don’t come out right? Have you ever… Have you ever,” – Brandy Most people c...
  • Aunt Hester's General Store: A Quick Update 03/07/2012 Well Darlings, in case you were hiding under a rock for the last few weeks, you didn’t know that Tuesday, March 6th there was a vote here in Campbell County to pass an addition to the Sales Tax. As folks were voting for their choice of a Republican Can...
  • Aunt Hester’s General Store Returns 03/03/2012 It’s been a month of Sundays since I’ve had time to sit down and let you know what has been going on here in the General Store. It has been a busy month with all the things going on in Campbell County and America. Sometimes, it’s almost impos...
  • Jeremy’z Journey: Lock your doors! But why? 02/29/2012 Have you ever contemplated why we have locks on our doors? Let me phrase that a better way: Have you ever stood outside your car door, beating your fists against the doorframe and window, checking the handle again as if beating on the door magically unlo...
  • Jeremy’z Journey: The truth is in me, only because He is in me 02/15/2012 I recently visited a local Chinese Restaurant, and as is customary, I received a cookie at the end of my meal. Of course the waitress bringing the cookie in one hand and the bill in the other served as the signal that it was time to pay and leave. The co...
  • Jeremy’z Journey: Going Postal reminds me of our last lesson 02/02/2012 Have you ever had one of those days that everything seems to frustrate you? And no matter how positive you try to be, it just seems to get worse! Of course the outside world helps by being extremely more frustrating than normal on those days also. On tho...
  • Aunt Hester’s General Store 01/26/2012 It’s hard to realize that it has been one month since Christmas. And the month of January is almost over. Yes, time does slip away. This was the topic of conversation the last few days here in the General Store. As folks came and went, they stopped ...
  • Jeremy’z Journey: “Everything is permissible” – but not everything is beneficial 01/18/2012 Fast cars, fast food and fast internet, it doesn’t matter what it is, in our country – “today’s modern world”- it just has to be fast. We even have fast-acting mobile phones and other devices so that we can get fast news and information on any ...
  • Jeremy's Journey: Don’t worry with resolutions! Just Pray 01/04/2012 Everybody worries! Some less than others; others more than some. But everybody worries. I’ve heard it all my life: “Don’t sweat the little stuff.” But I’m probably one of the worst worriers among us. “Oh Dear,” Winnie the Pooh’s friend ...