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By Fred Anderson
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Sunday, September 30, 2012 |
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Edgar Guest, the poet laureate of the common folk in the first half of the last century, said it best in his sentimental verse: “It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house t’ make it home, a heap of sun an’ shadder .... It ain’t home t’ ye ... until somehow yer soul is sort o’ wrapped round everything.”
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By Fred Anderson
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Saturday, September 15, 2012 |
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Barbara Dunn Jackson appreciated words and the nuances of their meaning. The walls of her home office were lined with many books on etymology. Barbara wrote a column called “A Last Word” for Synergy, which went to women in ministry. In a 1996 column, she examined a very specific word.
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By Fred Anderson
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Saturday, September 01, 2012 |
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Life goes on at Careby Hall, the old house built by William E. Hatcher “upon the brow of a noble hill” overlooking the village of Fork Union, Va., about 35 miles west of Richmond. It was in Carbey a century ago, on Aug. 24, 1912, that Hatcher died at age 78, which in the early 20th century was considered old age.
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By Fred Anderson
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Saturday, August 18, 2012 |
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Paul Honaker completes 38 years of music ministry at Bon Air Baptist Church in Richmond with a musical extravaganza set for 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 26. It will be a time to celebrate a long career devoted to a church and its people and their love of musical expression.
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By Fred Anderson
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Saturday, August 04, 2012 |
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In 2010 a choir for boys ages 14 to 19 was formed in Wales. This year the choir, dubbed Only Boys Aloud, placed third in Britain’s Got Talent television show. William E. Hatcher, the prominent Virginia Baptist minister of a century ago, would have been proud. He encouraged the same endeavor—choir singing.
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By Fred Anderson
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Saturday, July 21, 2012 |
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In its 225 years High Hills Baptist Church at Jarratt, Va., has witnessed many sunrises. Each one brought challenges and opportunities. At the front of the church’s sanctuary there are two tablets memoralizing early pastors: Josiah C. Bailey (1813-1881) and James D. Brown (1846-1890). On Brown’s tablet are carved the words, “His sun went down while it was yet day.”
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By Fred Anderson
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Friday, July 06, 2012 |
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Helen Emery Falls personified missions. As the daughter of a pastor, she early learned the Christian message, but it was her mother who inspired her about missions. She spent the greatest part of her working life teaching missions to seminary students as well as to countless laypeople. |
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By Fred Anderson
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 |
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Julian Howell Pentecost felt called to the ministry as a young boy. He once confided his feelings to his mother who prayed for God’s guidance. He was affirmed by his home church, Lawrenceville Baptist Church. In 1942 he entered the University of Richmond as a ministerial student.
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