Sandra felt as low as the heels of her shoes when she pulled open the Smith Mountain Lake shop door, against a November gust of wind. Her life had been as sweet as a spring breeze and then, in the fourth month of her second pregnancy, a “minor” automobile accident stole her joy. This was [...]

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Most of us who live at Smith Mountain Lake appreciate nature, it’s fascinations and feasts of sight, sound and smell. But perhaps an area we don’t often consider are the tremendous life lessons that the natural world has to offer if we but open our eyes.

THE BUZZARD:
 
If you put a buzzard in a pen that [...]

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I recieved this in an e-mail from a young friend named Hannah, who lives near Smith Mountain Lake. I felt it was well worth the time it would take anyone to read it.

A father wanted to read a magazine but was being bothered by his little girl, Shelby. She wanted to know what the United States looked [...]

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Wishing wells are full of pennies and you can occasionally find them on the sidewalks in Smith Mountain Lake, Va., just like in every town in America. You often hear stories of pennies found on the street being good luck, gifts from angels, etc. This is the first time I’ve ever heard this kind of [...]

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For those of you who are parents at Smith Mountain Lake, you will be encouraged by this Free Short E-Course on Christian Parenting. Most of us who are parents appreciate Godly parenting advice, especially when it comes from a successful parent.
A new website www.audiocandles.com owned and operated by Franklin Co. residents was begun this year and their first [...]

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The “Good Neighbors Camp Session” at Smith Mountain Lake is still going on at Trinity Ecumenical Church and Huddleston Elementary School. This is a camp aimed at helping children with reading difficulties, a very worthwhile cause.
Volunteers are needed to be reading buddies for children during one-on one reading sessions at the camps. The one at Huddleston Elementary started June [...]

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Here is a great thought for those of us at Smith Mountain Lake who have been running short on faith of late.
If you are in a room that’s absolutely pitch black, you’ll never be able to completely see what is in there, even after your eyes adjust. You may know for sure that a certain object is in the room, [...]

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A man of God was having a conversation with His Lord one day and said, “Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and hell are like.”
So the Lord decided to show the man and led him to two doors. Then he opened one of the doors and the man of God looked in.
In the middle [...]

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Perhaps there are others besides myself at Smith Mountain Lake, wondering why Easter seems to fall on different weeks and even in different months, from year to year. With a little reading I finally figured it out.
Easter falls at some point between late March and late April each year, because it follows the cycle of [...]

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Here is a thought I am pondering on this wonderfully ordinary day at Smith Mountain Lake: If we are not content with what we have, will we be content if we get what we think we want?
Life appears to some to be a competition to see how much they can acquire. They seem to think that getting the most recent [...]

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