HILLSVILLE  PRESBYTERIAN

Off the grid. That’s what people say about themselves when they seek a completely self-sufficient lifestyle. No public utilities. No...

“May I give you a hug?” a third grader asked recently. What a kind and thoughtful question! Personally, I cannot imagine not wanting to...

Little else in life is as embarrassing as having an article of clothing rip open while in public. Janet Jackson will long be remembered...

So, there was this football game this past Sunday evening, although it wasn’t much of a game, and we often get together with friends or...

Have we had the dubious honor of learning how others think of us? “You’re such a princess!” someone might have offered. Or “You...

Have you ever been in a conversation with a group of people and felt a little lost? Maybe you didn’t know much about the topic being...

How many times a day do we go to Google for the information we believe we need? For the answers to the questions that stump us? For the...

If all things are measured, and surely, in some fashion they are, what tips the scale that, say, makes a good day a great day? What moves...

Our legal system knows that we humans like to repeat what we hear. More accurately, what we overhear. What we’re told. What gets shared...

Reveal parties have become all the rage, haven’t they? For a woman, the state of pregnancy usually comes with its own peculiar set of...

Maybe you’ve heard that said. I knew someone years ago who would say it. Of course, it means that something is so far out of the normal...

It’s that time of year. In this part of the United States, it’s cold. And it’s dark. A lot. And we’re in the slippery slide between...

We’re traveling down a stretch of pavement we don’t drive often. We don’t see it in the road up ahead. If we had, we’d have made an...

A curious expression, isn’t it? Waiting for the other shoe to drop . But anyone who’s ever lived in an apartment understands where it...

Pointing is a peculiar art. When we’re lost, it’s helpful to have someone point in the direction we should be going. When we’re trying to...

Betsy was terrified of storms. Betsy and her family lived next door to my family when we were young. Betsy was exactly one month older...

Well, that’s a tongue-twisting phrase, isn’t it? Of course, it means “to be what we are” but the emphasis here sits squarely on the...

The child sitting next to me was fascinated with the oblong case beside me on the table that popped open and snapped shut holding the...

Why are flea markets, yard sales, second-hand and consignment stores, and online auctions flourishing? Clearly, with a landscape dotted...

The expression has been around for centuries. The saying describes a common human experience which isn’t the least bit pleasant… to get...