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What Does the Past Tell Us About the Present?

Aug 12, 2026

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Life Lessons Wednesday, August 12, 2026 What was your favorite subject in school? I loved history. There is something about the past that speaks to us in the present. I studied American History, Mississippi History, World History, and Ancient History. I even took a course in Church History. History tells us something about how we…

The Curious Pilgrim

Jul 18, 2026

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in Life Lessons

We Stand on the Shoulders of Someone Who Believed in Us “We stand on the shoulders of someone who believed in us.” That saying is usually applied to parents, teachers, mentors, and friends. But sometimes we also stand on the shoulders of leaders who were willing to make difficult decisions that changed the direction of…

Pull Up a Rocking Chair. Let Me Tell You a Story.

Jul 15, 2026

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Sweet Tea and Front Porch Storyteller

in Family & Legacy Stories

What prompts people to pack up everything they own, leave the land of their birth, and journey to a country they have never seen? The human story is, in many ways, an immigration story. Nearly every family can trace its roots to someone who made the difficult decision to leave home in search of something…

Places That Shape Us: Where History Became Personal

Jul 3, 2026

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in Places That Shape Us

Today our nation marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, the birth of what became the United States of America. Over the years, I have traveled through 46 of the continental United States. Only Alaska, Hawaii, North Dakota, and South Dakota remain unseen. Every state has offered something worth…

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What Does the Past Tell Us About the Present?

The Curious Pilgrim

Pull Up a Rocking Chair. Let Me Tell You a Story.

Places That Shape Us: Where History Became Personal