I recently sat in the pew for a funeral listening to the preachers and speakers as they focused on the amazing life of a friend, colleague and co-author – the late Ringgold Mayor Joe Barger. We spent nearly a year working weekly creating his autobiography – Testing the Metal of Life. One line from the […]
Conversations have always been a two-way street. One person says something, another returns. Many times these moments pass in full agreement with both parties who are speaking totally in agreement on the topic. Just the same, in a moment total agreement might turn on a dime and become a disagreement. Where do these come from? […]
If we are to realize what is before us, sometimes we must look back. One of my fascinations since I was first handed the keys to my first car, a Ford Pinto, I looked out from the driveway thinking, I now have the freedom to go anywhere the road takes me. Of course, that was […]
As I drove through the mountains last fall looking at bright yellows, deep reds and variety of greens and browns, I felt a warmness coming over me beckoning back to my childhood riding in the back seat of my parents blue 1964 Chevy Malibu as we made our way through the mountains heading to who […]
Seeing Faith is Randall’s Summer 2024 book release “In “Seeing Faith,” actor/Entertainer Randall Franks, “Officer Randy Goode” from TV’s “In the Heat of the Night,” shares experiences and stories that reflect how he has seen God working in his life and in the lives of others. Franks has shared the gospel in song along with […]
Life is something that we should cherish with every passing breath. Often times we do not appreciate the simplest things like the feel of cool breeze on a hot summer day; the taste of a fresh glass of homemade lemonade so cold that the outside of the glass drips; the deep red color of a […]
The sun swept across the dark wood floor forming a light spot in the shape of a heart that I noticed as my mother buzzed around the room with dishes in her hand setting the table. On the kitchen stove, pans were gurgling as meatballs simmered in a sauce, angel hair pasta boiled […]
If you watch a lot of news reports, especially since many stories air over and over again at noon, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00 and 11:00, you may soon come to believe that the world is in terrible trouble. Violence, crime and tragedies permeate everywhere you look. How many of you have asked, “What is the world […]
Writing is a constant companion to me. It has been since my early days in school. Perhaps it is something in the genetic make up passed along similarly as in my more well-known cousins whose works have inspired the world – Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Robert Louis Stevenson, Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, T.S. Eliot, and […]
My brother asked me, ‘Are you living in the past?’ I often do find myself lingering within my memories. As time passes, I think it is easy to place more emphasis on what has gone by in your life than what is ahead. That is probably especially so for someone who spends a great deal […]
