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Easter Lunch Should Be Special, Not StressfulColumns
Sitting down to a bountiful lunch on Easter Sunday has been an American tradition for decades. However, for many, it can be a stressful day, juggling church services, family time and other activities with cooking a...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns Editorial
On Tuesday, prior to the March meeting of the town’s alders, Chief of Police Anthony Moore announced a number of police officer awards. Terry’s Officer of the Year for 2023 is Officer John Arnold, who is continually...
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It’s Not Too Late to Celebrate Valentine’s DayColumns
There’s a good chance you’re reading this on Valentine’s Day or maybe the weekend following the day when a special meal of some kind is required with your significant other. Even if it’s too late to make a...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: “...to whom glory...” (Galatians 1:5)Columns Editorial
“to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.” (Galatians 1:5) Glory - we do not use that word anymore. One wonders why. Within Presbyterianism, most children learn the Westminster Shorter Catechism which asks:...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
Unfortunately, there are two deaths to report this week. The first one was the death of Edna Ruth McManus Keyes. She lived in Terry during her childhood years before her family moved to Crystal Springs. She was the...
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Felder’s Weed RemovalColumns
Time to make up for lost time, while being responsible. Last year’s weather brought good gardeners to their knees, digging and pulling dead plants. Meanwhile, with the ground too dry and hard to pull anything easily,...
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2023 Was a Very Good Year for New Supermarket ProductsColumns
As promised, I compiled a list of my “favorites” from 2023 – included are new supermarket products and hidden gem restaurants that deserve a look in 2024. Without further ado, here’s what captured (and held) my...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: Reconciliation “To The Churches of Galatia:” (Galatians 1:2)Columns
“To the churches of Galatia:” (Galatians 1:2) When we read Paul’s letters, a different shade of Paul arises. When we read Philippians, we read of an encouraging and joyful Pastor Paul. When we read Romans, we read...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
This week in our town, we have two deaths to report, and these departed have been members of two of the old families from this part of the county. We send our heartfelt condolences to the living members of these two...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: “But as for you, O man...” (1 Timothy 6:11)Columns
“But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.” (1 Timothy 6:11) As we have now reached the end of 2023, I have a simple question - how has...
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Celebrate New Year’s Eve, Day With Fun TraditionsColumns
I’ve shared this in previous columns, but it may bear repeating. I don’t believe in luck, but instead, put my faith in God’s grace and blessings for the coming year. However, like any good Southerner, starting...
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Armchair Ponderings To a Happy New YearColumns Editorial
I said something mundane in passing to an individual like, Happy New Year! He replied, “it’s just another holiday.” That sort of got my hackles up. Of course, I didn’t know him, so I could not lecture him, but I...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
The 2023 Christmas season has finally arrived! The season of Advent, which ended on Sunday, has been quite a journey of spiritual exploration that has hopefully prepared us to the joy that the birth of Jesus brought to...
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Last-Minute Christmas Gifts for the Foodie & TravelerColumns
CHRISTMAS FRUIT SALAD--- Old-fashioned fruit salad or ambrosia is the perfect last-minute “save” to round out the dessert table on Christmas Day. Christmas is almost here, so technically, your shopping needs to be...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: “I will put enmity between...” (Genesis 3:15)Columns
“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15) Someone was once asked to summarize the story of...
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Armchair Ponderings Christmas vs. HolidaysColumns Editorial
It will be Christmas Monday, so let’s drop all of this Happy Holiday’s stuff and say Merry Christmas! Next week I will say Happy New Year! When the secular Fourth of July comes around you don’t hear Happy Holiday....
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Armchair Ponderings The five stages of grief, fact, or fictionColumns Editorial
Several weeks have passed without a Ponderings contribution. One of my friends asked if it was because of the loss of my muse. My wife of sixty-six years and I frequently discussed my column, generally it was after the...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: “God Hath All Life...” (Isaiah 32:15)Columns
“Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.” (Isaiah 32:15) For the last twenty-four weeks, this article has focused...
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Fall Food Needs To Be Fast... And FunColumns
Using the first letter of the all-too-brief season, fall is filled with festivals, football, family time and fun activities in the span between six months of searing heat and the cold, rainy weather that accompanies...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: “God is Terrible with His Judgements...” (Hebrews 10:31)Columns
“It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Hebrews 10:31) Human nature very much swings back and forth as a pendulum, swinging from one extreme to another. In my early years, church sermons...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
Last Wednesday evening and Thursday morning will be remembered as a dark time for the town of Terry. I returned for my All Saints’ memorial service during which the Bishop of Mississippi spoke. That service was in...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
On Tuesday morning, news of the death of Nell Taylor Eley was made known. She was a Monticello native who lived in three different houses in Terry on Raymond Street, Cunningham Avenue, and Utica Street. She was a...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: “Blessed...” (Matthew 7:9-11)Columns Editorial
“Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more...
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Felder’s Edimental GardenColumns
Got into a convo the other day about sassafras trees, and how as kids we used to steep its root bark to make a root beer-like tea and crumble its leaves into gumbo. Which segued into other non-mainstream garden plants...
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