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Willie Mae Prince Forester, 95, of McKenzie, Tennessee, died June 26, 2021. Willie Mae was the matriarch of a clergy family well known in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She taught English and Spanish at McKenzie High School and was a member of Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church near McKenzie where she was one of the first […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Mark 5:21-43 New Revised Standard Version 21 When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. 22 Then one of the […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Luke 4:31-37 New Revised Standard Version 31 He went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbath. 32 They were astounded […]

Landon Clay Matheny, 7, of Troy, Tennessee, died June 9, 2021. Landon just finished first grade at Hillcrest Elementary in Troy. He was a member of Protemus Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) and a patent at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

H. Jean Ridgeway Smith, 89, Cleveland, Alabama, died June 15, 2021. She was a member of Green’s Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery) where she taught Sunday school and was a member and past officer of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry (CPWM) group.

Focus Slow your breathing and become aware of the taking in and letting out of your breath. Focus on putting things aside so you will be open to what God is saying to you today. Read 1 Samuel 20:1-17 New Revised Standard Version 20 David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came before Jonathan and said, […]

Focus Slow your breathing and become aware of the taking in and letting out of your breath. Focus on putting things aside so you will be open to what God is saying to you today. Read Psalm 1 New Revised Standard Version 1 Happy are those    who do not follow the advice of the wicked,or take the […]

Reflect The God of the Old Testament was very much an action-response sort of God. The story of Noah and the ark is a good examples of this view. Humankind sinned; God brought a flood and, with the exception of Noah and his family, wiped them all out. We tend to think in biblical proportions […]

Focus Prepare yourself to discern what is and what is not of God today. Still yourself so you can hear how God is calling you. Read Mark 6:45-52 New Revised Standard Version 45 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the […]

The Reverend Tim Smith is widely known as “the voice of the Tigers,” in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Smith, pastor of the Fayetteville, Tennessee, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Columbia Presbytery, has been a part of Fayetteville High School ever since the institution was initiated ten years ago. Rujena Dotson, Supervisor of Fayetteville City Schools, nominated Tim for […]