Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller

Getting my Hoot Owl Call Back. DRAFT: TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2025   I step out of my truck onto our family land in Dry Creek. It’s so quiet. No artificial noise. Until I make my hoot-owl call. I cup my hands to my mouth, “Hoot-hoo-hoot-hoot-hoot-hoot-hoot-alllll.’ It echoes back from the surrounding woods. I smile. I know I’m coming out of …

  An Open Letter to my Home Church, Dry Creek Baptist Church:  The most important man you never knew. Robert Evans October 26, 1943- January 8, 2025 “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.”   –The Apostle Paul in I Corinthians 3:16 Other than a few of us, no one remembers the name of Bob Evans and his …

“My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of …

Genesis 39   ”The Lord was with Joseph.”   That’s all you need to know. It’s all you need to hear.   Visit  www.creekbank.net  today to learn more.              

JOIN US ON THE 2025 PROVERBS JOURNEY As we start  a new year, I’d want you to make the Proverbs reading plan part of your daily Quiet time: Read the Proverbs Chapter that correlates for the day of the month.  (Proverbs 1 for January 1). The purpose of Solomon’s Proverbs collection is clear: PROVERBS 1:1. “The proverbs of Solomon, son …

updated on Friday, December 27, 2024 Our favorite store, Foreman’s Grocery in Dry Creek, is open again! Stop in for some of the best boudin in Louisiana and pick up a signed copy of Where I Come From.   Where I Come From: Tales from the Pineywoods   66 new stories. 291 pages Paperback Price: $20.00 Hardcover $30.00 Kindle eBook  …

  “I think it was Tolstoy who said something like, “If you feel pain, you’re alive, and if you feel the pain of others, it means you’re human.”   If you’ve got a platform and have experienced great pain, you should share about it.  

Proverbs 25 for Dec. 25   Ground-Truthing: Don’t repeat it until you’ve seen it with your own two eyes. ”What your eyes have seen do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame? Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another’s secret,” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭25‬:‭7‬-‭9‬ …

MEDIC! By Curt Iles   “Medic. Medic.” Nazi sniper Unerfeldewebel Franz Schmidt didn’t know any English, but in the case of the nearby wounded American soldier, he didn’t need to. The man’s anguished cries were beyond words. Medic. Help. It was somewhere in Belgium on Christmas Eve 1944, and Schmidt had never been colder in his thirty-two years. But he …

          “Medic!” A Christmas short story by Louisiana author Curt Iles    Download your e-book copy at Amazon. We are excited about the release of our Christmas e-book, “Medic!”  It is a memorable short story that thrills readers of all ages. It’s December 1944—the Battle of the Bulge. It’s on a snowy battlefield where we meet …

  The Bible is full of warnings and examples.   “When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭21‬:‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬   https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.21.11.ESV

  Everything rises and falls on relationships. -John Maxwell It’s all about relationships. It’s all about connecting.   Dr. Erik Bailey once told me, “My Aunt Dru always said, “Baby, even if our hands don’t touch, our hearts always do.” That’s relationships. They can be in proximity. Or they can be separated by miles. But never separated in hearts. Everything …

Order  copies  of Where I Come From at Amazon Download your companion e-book, “Medic!“ on Amazon. CHAPTER 50 EXCERPT From the Curt Iles book, Where I Come From. The German POW Graves Author’s note: I have photographs of the five POW graves. I’ll post later.   I scoffed when I first heard it: Five German POWs buried in the Alexandria National …

“I worship when I write, and I write when I worship.” This wonderful quote shares what I’ve come to realize: that writing and creating are ways of worshipping God. He is the source of my life, joy, and any writing skills I’ve been given. I want to be a good steward of those gifts in 2025 and beyond.   Merry …