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Davy Crockett’s Violin
Davy Crockett’s alleged violin is kept in the Witte museum in San Antonio, Texas. Some times it is loaned to the Alamo or other museums for demonstrations or simply as an historic artifact. Perhaps the most curious thing about the violin is the story that Davy placed the rattles from the tail of a rattlesnake…
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I Will
The man didn’t ask for pity. Instead, he asked for the power he recognized in Jesus, to be applied to his leprosy: A man with leprosy came to Jesus and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him,…
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Forty Days of Prayer
We pray to Christ as our God, Christ prays for us (as our Priest), and He prays in us as our head. (St. Augustine) Lent has launched, and we are starting on our forty day journey into the wilderness of our lives. The intersection of naturall and supernatural receives a nudge in Lent as we…
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Ash Wednesday
Today is Ash Wednesday, when we are reminded of our own mortality by wearing the mark of ashes on our forehead. It’s a solemn ceremony that ushers in the season of Lent. Ash Wednesday reminds me of the day that Ezra read to the Israelites who had returned from Babylon, the scriptures that they had…
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The Lake In February
On the map, Possum Kingdom Lake looks like a large dragon sprawled out in at least three directions with a coiling tail which is the Brazos River. P.K. Is a deep, cold lake shaped in the early 1940’s from canyons near the river bed. It supports a wealth of wildlife, including birds, fish, deer, and…
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The Silent Command
The Silent Command “Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use.” ( Emily Post, 1922) The American Emily Post was the ultimate authority on human etiquette for not only the United States, but also for much of the…
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The Spinning Wheel
My father’s sister grew up on the family farm, and there were remnants in the house of the lives of previous owners. One such “remnant” was a small spinning wheel which, though it had no use in her lifetime, was a reminder of an earlier generation. After Aunt Edna left home the wheel was moved…
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Provenance
A guest on the “Antiques Roadshow” recently brought a letter from the 1950’s and a torn soiled piece of tissue displaying a lipstick smear. The appraiser was at first surprised and then confident in her estimate of between $2000 and $5000 for the two items. The letter was from a soldier who told of seeing…
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The Epaulette Shark
An epaulette shark © wenfisher (CC BY 2.0) The epaulette shark is about three feet long, much of which is its tail. It is named “epaulette” because of two round black spots with white fringe-like borders , one on each side of its body. Someone once thought that the spots looked like “epaulettes” on its…
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Tongs
Tongs Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live cooal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from th altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” (Isaiah 6:6-7) It did not surprise…
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