The Beginning of the End

By James and Ellen Perry
It was a cold cloudy morning February 3, 1959. The best I can remember it was on Wednesday morning, and my brothers and I were at home. Our mom was at home cleaning the house, as she had been laid off for a short period from her job at Knox Porcelain Plant. I had our Philco radio tuned to WIVK in Knoxville.

Horse Lodge, Lexington, Kentucky

We were arriving near the end of Part 1 of our Great Adventure, our Crawl Across America Trek. There were very few horse motels between Pontoon Beach, Ill., and Union County, Tenn.
And it was way too much of a drive to try to make it in just one day. We did need to try to break it down into two days on the road.
We chose a horse farm in Lexington for our final night on the road, based on the fact that it wasn’t as far off our route as all the others seemed to be.

Brilliant Idea

Have you ever tried to help somebody and instead you caused a problem? I did that years ago, but I came up with a brilliant idea to solve it.
My mom and I have always been there for each other. One Saturday, I cleaned her house so she could catch up on some much-needed yard work. At this time, I was in my mid-twenties. Anyway, I was trying to maneuver the vacuum from the hallway and into the bathroom. I gave the broom a jerk, which caused ...

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2 Corinthians Chapters 1-3
I have struggled with trying to group and summarize 2 Corinthians individual chapters more than any other letters in the Bible. I have prayed over the book, plus reread all of 2 Corinthians countless times trying to form the body for an outline.