Barbara Smith

Straight as an Arrow

I read an article recently in the Tennessee magazine called, “Arrow Dynamics.” It was the story of how Mike Conkle of College Grove, Tennessee, who works as a farrier, has tried to keep the Indigenous people of America alive, by making arrowheads as their ancestors did originally. The process is called “flintknapping,” which is “the […]

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The Annulment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:07 — 43.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreGod has always sought to have a relationship with His creation. When the Israelites rejected Him, we, the Gentiles, were given this extraordinary opportunity.

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Ebenezer

Here is a summary from sparksnotes.com, of a famous story by Charles Dickens that everyone will be familiar with: A mean-spirited, miserly old man named Scrooge sits in his counting-house on a frigid Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire.

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A Place Reserved For You

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:42 — 42.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreThere is a place in the Kingdom of God for all of us, and the benefits package is out of this world. God promises

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I Am Confident

I have worked for the State I live in for eleven years. During that time, I have held various positions. I am currently in the Auditing department and have specifically been conducting audits on Childcare facilities. When we, as auditors, arrive at an establishment, one of the items we are required to ask the Contractor

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Scarecrows in a Cucumber field

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:29 — 51.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreWhen it comes to praise, worship, glory, and giving credit where credit is due, God is a jealous God. He is the Almighty, and

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The Perfect Blend

My husband and I are coffee lovers, and probably drink way more than we should, or maybe it is just me. When he is away from home, I can drink about a pot a day by myself. I even throw some hot tea into the equation every now and then, which I also have an

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Reconnaissance

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:21 — 48.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreWe should never despise our leaders or those who have gone before us, because they have paved the way and marked the best path

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Presumptuous Speaking

As an auditor, the admonishment and reminder I get from my supervisor regularly is we can never presume or assume anything. It is extremely easy to assume you have a match when you see two numbers that are the same, however, until you have the evidence to prove this is so, then you must keep

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Phobophobia

Though I am not a TV binge watcher, there are times when I do get to relax and watch a show now and then. There was a show called MONK, that aired from 2002 through 2009 that I have caught a couple of episodes of. It starred Tony Shalhoub as the main character Adrian Monk.

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