HILLSVILLE  PRESBYTERIAN

Many action movies feature chase scenes or getaway scenes or driving scenes of some sort. Like Short Round with wooden blocks strapped to...

Ever notice how when someone gets near a child, that person’s manner of talking changes? “Oooh, whad a widdle biddy sweddie!” someone...

It’s one of the least comfortable aspects of a visit to the dentist, isn’t it? “Now, open wide” the hygienist will gently instruct. We...

When I was young, our parents had to take a trip together that didn’t include us children. That meant that we were home under the...

Most of us sense that summer is evaporating, and fall is fast approaching. For many, these months just behind us and the few to come are...

Cleaned under the sofa cushions lately? Pennies. Popcorn. Peanuts. No telling what might be found! Or under the driver’s seat of the car....

Pickleball is quite the thing these days, isn’t it? Something of a mix of tennis, badminton, and ping pong. But slick paddles. A smaller...

We’re asked to sit in a rolling chair and place our chin just so on a little pad and then to press our forehead against a brace attached...

Reading a short informational piece the other day, I found myself getting irritated. The writer(s) had constructed a sentence using a...

It’s often the case in families, sometimes a factor with a nation, and usually true for organizations: someone holds things together. It...

While not all humans hear at the same level, and some not really at all, there are certain sounds that, when heard, hush even the...

We usually hear the word used in connection with a teenager who has gotten in trouble somehow… late for curfew, taking the car without...

The child inside us still likes to get gifts. Not just for Christmas. Not even for our birthdays. And not for the unhappy occasions of...

It looks good on a coffee mug or maybe a tee shirt. It’s an inspiring motto I suppose. Catchy. Easy to remember. First appeared on a...

…isn’t necessarily bad. But much of what we think of spreading is. Gossip. Rumors. Lies. Panic. Hatred. Gang violence. Those are just a...

It happens. Tragically it has happened. Frightfully it could happen anywhere and at any time. Mischief gone awry. Children rough housing...

They don’t get much press. They hang out in between the super star nouns and verbs. They are generally not very big. They are sometimes...

Ever notice how a person in a group of people will always fill up the air with their talking? As if there is zero tolerance for silence....

Oh, the stuff we slip into unawares! Sure, there are big, bottomless pits like addiction and abusive relationships. But consider how even...

February 4, 2004. 2/4/2004. That was the date an internet briar patch called Facebook sprang up on the World Wide Web. Remember the...