Members of the Fields, Rives and Jordan families will gather again at Lake Junaluska on July 9-11, 2021. Our first family reunions were more than forty years ago. My dear brother Robert (Bob) Jordan hosted a Jordan family reunion at the King of the Sea restaurant in Danville, Virginia, in June 1979. Various members of […]
The Christian Faith has a comforting message for sinners, and that includes all of us. Each of us appears to have been born with a conscience, and we soon develop the ability to discern between right and wrong behavior. Morality is partly learned, of course, and ours is largely based on Judeo-Christian teaching. It is […]
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Cancel culture is a modern form of ostracism in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – either on social media, in interpersonal relationships, or both. Those who are subject to this ostracism are said to be “canceled.” Cancel culture can also be used against organizations or ideas that someone wishes to […]
Consider these facts for a moment. A Child was born to a poor family living in a small village in a remote province of the great Roman Empire, At the time of His birth, the Roman Empire included all of western Europe, the Balkans, North Africa, and the Middle East. He was trained as a […]
Wrightsville Beach, NC The body of water pictured here is part of Masonboro Sound. My home during my grammar and high school years was about ten miles south of this point in the town of Carolina Beach. I spent many hours on this sound puttering around in a small boat with outboard motor. The boat […]
The debate about racism rages on in America. Many leftist thinkers accuse our nation of being systemically racist. Is that charge true? When Barack Obama was elected President in 2008 I was very hopeful that his administration would usher in a period of greater racial harmony. In fact, the very opposite occurred, and racial relationships […]
I am often repetitive for purpose of clarification. Family relationships are sometimes complicated. As previously noted, there is evidence my family descends from a Jordan male forebearer living in southwest England in the mid to late 16th century. Ignatius Jordan (Jourdain), one time mayor of Exeter, and his putative brother, Silvester Jordan (Jourdain) of the […]
Beach House, Wrightsville Beach, NC I intend to buy this beach house when I make my next million. I will insist that the seller include those beautiful clouds. This view helps keep you warm during midwinter snows. The Good Lord created a beautiful world.
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