When I was a kid, I found an electrical wire at my dad’s house that had been cut off from some electronic item. The ends of the two wires had been stripped about an inch or so, evidently to reuse later. As I looked at the two naked wires, … Continue reading
Pain x4
A while back, I wrote an article about my experience with three different pains over the last several years. I was going to update it because of some new developments in my health situation, but I decided to just write … Continue reading
Asleep On The Job Again
I once heard about a man who was resting on his forklift at work and unintentionally fell asleep. As he was waking up, he realized someone was standing beside him. It was his supervisor. So before he opened his eyes, … Continue reading
Nailed To The Cross
If you’re a Christian, and/or attend church regularly, or if you’ve been around Christians much, then I’m sure you’ve heard somebody say that the law was nailed to the cross. They say the Ten Commandments were only for the Jews, … Continue reading
The Dune Buggy, The Bicycle, And The Drill
If you’ve read my books or followed my blog, you can agree that there just seems to be no end to the dumb stuff I did growing up, but you may be surprised when you read the latest dumb thing … Continue reading
Did Moses Write The 10 Commandments On The 2nd Set Of Stone Tablets?
Did Moses write the Ten Commandments on the second set of stone tablets, or did God? Some Bible disputers point out what they say are two contradictory scriptures. They claim that one account says God wrote the Commandments on the … Continue reading
Peleg And The Divided Earth
Genesis chapter 10 briefly mentions a man named Peleg and says the earth was divided in his days. The Bible doesn’t tell us much about Peleg, but we can uncover more than we see at first glance by looking at … Continue reading
The Archangel And His Trumpet
I’ve always loved music. As far back as I can remember, music has been a big part of my life. I wrote my first song when I was only 3 years old, with my grandmother, and sister. Growing up, I … Continue reading
Handling Bullies
Remember the fights in school? Remember how everybody would gather around and watch and encourage their friends? When I was in school, I was not a fighter. I didn’t get in trouble many times for fighting, but the few times … Continue reading
Where Was The TV Going?
Almost every morning on my way to work, I see the same little gray car headed East as I drive West. I guess I see a lot of the same cars every day, but I don’t really pay that much … Continue reading
Do You Know So-And-So?
When I was young, there was a little country store in a place called Hatchie Bottom, in Goose Pond, Mississippi. It was just down the road from Union Center. The owner’s name was Early Crum, and his wife’s name was Short. No lie. No joke. That was … Continue reading
A Lesson From Trash
When I was a young man, I worked for a company that employed about 300 people. They had a cost reduction program where they encouraged each employee to find ways to save the company money, and each employee whose cost … Continue reading
No Chicken For Me Please (Podcast Transcript)
Welcome to The Journey, Podcast. I’m Teddy Lynn. And today I wanna share a short story with you from early on in my journey. I guess I was about nine, or ten years old at the time. I lived in … Continue reading
No Chicken For Me Please
When I was around nine or ten years old, I lived in the small town of Theo, Mississippi with my grandmother, and two of my younger sisters. The town was only a few square miles in size, so we could … Continue reading
Cats, Rats, Snakes, And Bobcats
When I was young, my aunt had a well in her backyard. It was the kind you have to lower a bucket down into and draw up the water. She built a shed over it connecting it to the house, … Continue reading
Firecrackers, Cigarettes, And God
When I was a kid, my grandmother put an empty milk jug in the fork of a small tree in front of our house, to keep birds away, if I remember correctly. I loved firecrackers and she would buy me … Continue reading
Read Between The Lines
When I was in school, there was a popular saying going around among the students. “Read Between The Lines.” As you said the words, you held up three fingers with the middle finger being in the middle of the other … Continue reading
Pain x3
In 2005, I was diagnosed with Deteriorating Disc Disease, which affects my spinal column which affects every other part of my body. It’s not just back pain, it’s body pain. For the past 15 years now, I’ve suffered from this … Continue reading
Children Are Like Arrows
I’ve had many scrapes, cuts, and bruises over the years, and they all hurt. Many of them left scars, so it’s not hard to remember them. There were a few incidents that were kind of related, at least to a … Continue reading
The Giants And The Thunder
For some of you who don’t know me, this story may reveal my age, but to some of you much younger people, it may make you think I’m older than actually am. When I was in the first grade, once … Continue reading