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News from the Creek New podcast: Acts 8: Philip and the throw-down with Simon the Magician. https://media.rss.com/thecreek/feed.xml News on ‘The Three Trees.’ It is going to be a life-changing book. Keep up with the turning wheels of ‘The Three Trees at www.creekbank.net

  Shhhhhh! Don’t tell anyone, but here is Chapter 1 of The Three Trees.   The cover features three trees, each with a unique story. The small longleaf pine in the foreground has spent most of its young life in a grassy stage with little visible growth. However, it has steadily grown a deep taproot and at some point, when …

Today’s scripture from Acts 6: Stephen’s bold stand for Jesus: Part 1 Listen to our podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/thecreek/ as well as on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgZ4nUVcKpM To our readers/listeners: I apologize for our recent absence on Facebook. We’ve been on a book assignment. ‘The Three Trees’ is nearing completion of the arduous stage of final editing. This step requires every ounce of …

  It’s another day at the Creek. Podcast on Acts 5 Acts 5: The boys got into trouble and the Religious leaders threw them into prison without supper. Enjoy this podcast and many more episodes at https://rss.com/podcasts/thecreek/ You can listen to all podcasts here.   Today’s podcast begins with Acts 5                

This blog post from 2018 follows the development of our earliest drafts of The Three Trees.   Its original name was The Pineywoods Manifesto.   A word from Curt We continue with chapters from our upcoming summer book, The Pineywoods Manifesto. It’s written for my grandson about the values and priorities of the unique culture of western Louisiana. Our plan …

A memorable duet: the morning birds and God’s Word. Acts 5: the troubling story of Ananias and Sapphira. https://rss.com/podcasts/thecreek/ -Wendell Berry “The Bible was written to be read outside.’

An literary agent once told me, “Don’t put chapters of your upcoming book online. Readers won’t buy the book. They’ve already seen it. Hogwash.   file:///C:/Users/curt/OneDrive/Desktop/20.0%20THE%20THREE%20TREES.pdf   20.0 THE THREE TREES     m h

PROLOGUE THE THREE TREES   PDF COPY OF ACTUAL MANUSCRIPT THIS IS MICROSOFT WORD COPY of the same passage. You may print it out and make track changes if you wish. After you edit, take photos of your comments and suggested corrections.

The Gift of Another Day March 3 My mother, Mary Iles, turns 90 today.  I’ve found that I love her more each year. I thank God for the parents she and Dad were (and are.) Send her a birthday message at curt@creekbank.net.   My sisters, Colleen and Claudia, and I are taking her to the State Girl’s basketball tournament today. …