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Who Wants to Be a Miracle With Me?

November is fast approaching and I’ve been trying tomake a decision that concerns the All Things Southern community. I’ve prayed about it. I’veasked God for wisdom with as much sincerity as Iknow how to muster.I thought I needed more answers to proceed. I’ve knownthe when and the why. The how, who, what and with whom were blanks. If I were going to do it again this year, I wanted it to bebecause I knewHE was in it. If He wasn’t, I didn’t want to be. Last week, after spending some back porch t...

Join ATS LIVE Monday, 21st, for some Duck Dynasty Fun!

Big time Duck Dynasty fun coming to ATS LIVE tomorrow! Kay Robertson will in studio to talk about her new cookbook Miss Kay’s Duck Commander Kitchen along with her co-author and co-grandparent, Chrys Howard. Kay is the revered matriarch of the Robertson family and star ofA&E®’sDuck Dynasty®. Kay believes her cooking talents are a gift she must share, so she often ends up feeding all of the family and most of the neighborhood. Her most famous dishes are banana pudding, fried deer steak, crawfi...

Trouble in Texas? I report, You Decide

Perhaps you’ve seen images ofCoach Les Miles”holding” his frenzied cagedTigers in the tunnel before a big game.It lookslike this.

He waits as long as possible before he”releases” them on the opposition.

What you may not know is that there is another coach in Houston, TX who is tasked with restraining a similar group of frenzied athletes.

While they are playinga different sport, youcan clearly seefrom the following picture that it takes a supreme effort fromCoach Mahertokeep hisferocious ball pla...

American Author Returns to ATS LIVE, Monday Oct. 14th!

It’s back! Hey y’all, join methis Monday evening for another fun evening on ATS LIVE as we welcome back AMERICAN AUTHOR! It’s sure to bea great night on the porch.

I can’t believe it’s been a full year since Ipremiered a reality segment called AMERICAN AUTHOR, but this is precisely the case,and it’s past time for another round.

The premise of AMERICAN AUTHORis simple. Anumber of authors aresupplied with a limited amount of time and several story starters (time, place, and props.) Their mission:...

Monday on ATS LIVE: A Better December (Starts in October)

It’s going to look a lot like Christmas on ATS LIVE tomorrow afternoon. WHAT? You, too, Shellie?

Calm down, y’all.This is not astore putting up Christmas decorationsalongside the school supplies sort of thing. Far from it. Tomorrow’s show isabout relieving the pressure of Christmas before it can even begin to build. It’s about going into the holidays with an entirely new perspective, brought to us in a priceless little book with whimsical drawings and wisdom multiplied entitled A Better Decemb...

Leaving on a Jet Plane…

Hey y’all! I write to you with mixed emotions from a hotel room in Loveland, CO.I’ve been here all week as the guest of Resurrection Fellowship, where I’ve been teaching mybook Heart Wide Open for the last three evenings. Rez (as they are more informally known), has been recording these sessionsto produce a DVD of the event. Let it be known thatI am officially in love with these people.They could not have been any nicer, any more welcoming, or any more invested in this project. I wouldlove to...

Canned Meat, Radio, Travel Plans, and Rotten Eggs– this post has it all.

Hey y’all! This is a just a stream of consciousness/touching base/housekeeping type of post since I haven’t been to the blog in weeks. Mind you,I’m still hosting ATS LIVEeach Monday evening on Talk540 and producing new websiteand radio segments for my affiliatesweek in and week out, so I do hope all of you fine blog readers have found those All Things Southern efforts. I’d hate to think I’m spitting in the wind here.

Speaking of radio, there are a few new podcasts up for your listening pleasur...

The Rest of Mercy’s Story

I knew I would have to tell y’all. I thought I’d waited long enough that I might be able to do it without crying. I was wrong. Again.

Last Sunday I flew home from Georgia and landed in Monroe, LA. My first stop on the drive home from the airport was Highway 2. I needed to see my man in the worst way and that meant riding the combine with him as he harvested corn. We enjoyed a sweet reunion as the big machine lumbered down the field, and of course, I insisted on taking pictures. It would not bo...

Oughta Be Shamed to the Knees

We have a saying in the South, “He oughta be shamed to his knees.” The observation is made of someone who has made choices that seem to have embarrassed everyone but the one making them. Generally, there’s a widely agreed upon and unspoken progression of thought tacked on the end: He oughta be shamed to be his knees— but he’s not.

I thought aboutthat sayingearlier when the Beloved Hubby and I were watching the news. The unseemly personal actions of a certain politician were up for discussion w...

Have Mercy, Won’t You Stay?

By the time I finished praying, it was later than usual. I hated the idea of missing my morning kayak ride on Lake Providence, but it seemed like the smart thing to do. As much as I love starting the day on the water, the sun was climbing higher in the sky and my mind was already making a list of everything that needed to be accomplished before it set again. It made much more sense to head to the shower, but I felt strongly drawn to the dock, almost compelled.

And that’s how I came to be paddl...