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The Seeds of Love: Lessons in Relationships and Faith

Sep 12, 2025

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Sweet Tea and Front Porch Storyteller

in Family & Legacy Stories

When I was a boy growing up on a small farm in Greene County, Mississippi, my father gave me a handful of corn seeds and told me to plant them beneath an old oak tree. I had asked him why we couldn’t grow crops in the cool shade rather than out in the hot sun.…
Order in Mind, Life, and Dress

Aug 27, 2025

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Sweet Tea and Front Porch Storyteller

in Life Lessons

When I was a freshman at Free Will Baptist Bible College (now Welch College), Dr. Judy Simpson, my English professor, taught me a lesson that has never left me. She graded our essays not only on grammar but on our ability to organize our thoughts around a theme. She often reminded us, “A messy mind…