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Pat Smith, Outstanding R.B.S. Star Passes Away PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Pat Smith Brendle, outstanding basketball standout for R.B.S. High during the late sixties, passed away last Friday from cancer. She led her team to the State Tournament in 1969, when girl’s basketball rules called for six players per team- three on offense and three on defense- playing only one-half of the court at a time. Pat played offense, and was a dead shot. One commentator at Jackson, Tennessee, where the State Tournament was played, commented on her shooting ability by saying, “I believe this girl could kick the ball through the goal, she’s this good.”
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Singing the Blues PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
There is pop music, country music, and the blues. Blues seems to be a favorite of the black people. I can understand this, for over the years many of them have suffered so much that it is understandable how and why they relate to the blues types of music. In a book entitled “ God of the Oppressed,” written by James H. Cone, the author has this bit of a blues song about when a woman cannot find her man, “The man I’ll marry ain’t been born yet, and his mammy’s dead.” A hopeless situation, right?
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Greed’s Destructive Power PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
The Lost Bone
There is a story in the Old Mc Duffy Reader of a dog which set out one day to find for himself a bone.
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Crying Over Spilled Milk PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, December 4, 2008
It is extremely difficult to persevere when we have made big mistakes or done something that pains our conscience because we know it was wrong.
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May our Hearts be filled with Thanksgiving! PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tucked away at the end of Colossians 3:15 one will find these three final words: “Be ye thankful.”
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