Happy Father's Day

When God Created Fathers

Jun 12, 2019 at 08:00 am by Paulette Jackson

When the good Lord was creating Fathers, he started with a tall frame. A female angel nearby said, “What kind of a Father is that? If you’re going to make childre.... Read More

Listen: A Treatise of Remembrance

Jun 03, 2019 at 08:00 am by Paulette Jackson

Remember the home we madeIn a land across the seaAmericaAnd the sixty-six-day voyagefor a chance to be free And for what it costThe lives we lostOur only hopeWas to fall on o.... Read More
The times, they are a changin'

Opinion: How can Murfreesboro balance people's needs and the market's needs?

May 30, 2019 at 09:00 am by Paulette Jackson

My husband and I live in a small town in which, over the past seven or eight years, has experienced significant growth – transitioning from an agricultural area to a des.... Read More
Poetry

Notice Mother's Day

May 09, 2019 at 07:00 am by Paulette Jackson

In honor of Mother's Day, it is my great pleasure to share with you an article written by my daughter, Laura Beth Payne, offering her perspectives on the changing seasons of m.... Read More

Poetry: Heaven's Startistry

Apr 08, 2019 at 07:00 am by Paulette Jackson

Startistryby Paulette Jackson It was the middle of the nightWhen the darkness settles inCloselyLike a weighted blanket that laysComfortablyabout the shoulders.  It was.... Read More

Coronation

Mar 09, 2019 at 07:30 am by Paulette Jackson

  Time present and time pastAre both perhaps present in time futureAnd time future contained in time past.If all time is eternally presentAll time is unredeemable.What m.... Read More
Valentine's Day

Reach For Love. A Poem for Valentine's Day

Feb 12, 2019 at 11:00 am by Paulette Jackson

Reach For Love by Paulette Jackson Reach for lovewherever you see it growPick its blossomssweetlike rare diamondsof blushing pinkcherished so to keep Reach for loveGather i.... Read More
Guides of Humanity

A call from grace: Guides of Humanity

Jan 24, 2019 at 07:00 am by Paulette Jackson

The call to care for life has been heard, across the ages, from many voices. Some speak for themselves, some draw from a different self. Others stand on history, prescribing i.... Read More
Poetry

A Weather Reminder: It was just January in Tennessee

Jan 21, 2019 at 08:00 am by Paulette Jackson

"Whether the weather be cold. Or whether the weather be hot. Whatever the weather, we'll weather the weather, whether we like it or not." I learned this little poetic verse ma.... Read More
Consolation

What are the true meaning of words of grief and consolation

Jan 04, 2019 at 09:36 am by Paulette Jackson

Alone Alone is a word that stands by itself, carrying the austere, solitary beauty of its own meaning even as it is spoken to another. It is a word that can be felt at t.... Read More

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