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-Joe Brady
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I was reminded this
week of my minime and
I have meant to share
this story for quite some
time now. Some three
years ago, when I was
recuperating from my
heart attacks and going
through all the diagnostic
tests, I was given what I
have fondly referred to as
my minime.
For anybody who has
been to a cardiologist,
you know the first thing
they do is strap a heart
monitor on you. My first
one was this contraption that hung around my neck like
a locket, only much bigger. No big deal. But then, I got
fitted for the Cadillac of all monitors. This joker came
with lights, stickers, it’s own cellphone, everything a
small child would want. Oh, did I mention, it also came
with simple, easy instmctions; change the patch daily,
don’t get it wet, and keep the cell phone close by.
As the nurse shaved a patch, why don’t they just shave
the whole thing, I stared off into space. The cold patch
being stuck to my chest woke me from my musings as the
nurse gave me instructions. Not paying much attention,
I quickly promised I would return it in two weeks and
then out the door I went, I had to get to Hobby Lobby for
cemetery flowers, y’all know how I am about flowers in
the cemetery.
In Hobby Lobby, I grabbed some roses, y’all know
they have those bogo sales? Roses were the flower of
choice while my relatives were living so of course I feel
obligated to only put silk roses on the graves. Weird, I
know. Anyway, as I’m standing in line I notice the cashier
looking at my chest. No, looking is the wrong word, this
girl was staring a hole through me. I couldn’t get her to
look me in the eyes for anything, I felt to make sure my
shirt was buttoned, my minime was still there, silent as a
tomb. Pondering the young girl’s rudeness, I gathered my
purchase and went to the car.
It wasn’t until I glanced in the rearview mirror did it
dawn on me why I was being stared at so intently. Under
my shirt blinked red and green lights. Oh my, I thought,
as I quickly glanced around me and put the car in gear.
I had better get out of here before the FBI showed up.
The stricken look on the cashier’s face was because she
thought I was wired with a bomb!
Well guess what folks? You can thank cold weather I
suppose because I have my old friend back again, you
can’t see the lights for the heavy sweater I’m wearing!
That’s all for now, take care.
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The Depravity of Man
In recent weeks, after the tragic
tornados that swept through Ar
kansas and Kentucky, it has not
been only cleanup efforts that
have dotted that the headlines.
Almost daily after the deadly
natural disaster, there were head
lines of looting in the storm tom
areas. To me, this does not make
sense. How do you take advan
tage of those most vulnerable?
How do you see someone’s trag
edy as an opportunity for doing
harm? One might ask, “Have
the people not gone through
enough?” One story told of peo
ple coming from as far away as
Michigan just to steal from those
who had nearly lost everything.
While the number of those
trying to steal from those fac
ing heartache is rather small in
comparison to those seeking to
help in the recovery efforts, it
still frustrates us and infuriates
us knowing the tme depravity
of man. These stories of steal
ing are just some of the stories
that dots our headlines and news
feeds that highlights the sinful
ness of man’s heart. Honestly,
you do not have to look for news
headlines to see the heart of man
that is ravaged and broken by sin.
WE just must look around us and
we see a nation and world rav
aged by sin and the effects of sin.
When we look to Scripture, we
find a tmth not just about the na
tion but also about ourselves. We
find that we are all sinners. Ro
mans 3:23 reveals to us that all
man has sinned and fallen short
of the glory of God. We have all
broken God’s commands, and
we have all become separated
from God by those sins. One
sin separates us from God. Sin
ravages our heart and leads us
further and further from God.
However, there is still good
news. It is great news. We just
celebrated Christmas and the en
trance of a Savior into the world
to bring us salvation which
brings with it forgiveness of
sins. The broken, empty hearts
that were ravaged by sin can be
restored by Christ! Christ came
to the earth, lived a perfect life,
and then was crucified in our
place. He paid the penalty for
our sins and satisfied the sin debt
we owe. He then rose three days
later and now He offers forgive
ness of sin and life everlasting.
We take hold of this forgiveness
by believing by faith in what He
has done. At the same time, we
repent of our sins which means
we turn from the sins in which
we were walking and turn to
God. The good news is that in
that moment we are forgiven
and given a guarantee of eternal
life. This is all great news in a
world broken with bad news.
As we begin the new year, be
gin your new year in Christ. If
you are already walking with
Christ, live out the faith that you
claim to have. While we read
headlines of the depravity of
man, be encouraged that there
is a great and gracious God who
offers not only to us but to the
world the hope of forgiveness
and eternal life. We have a great
and awesome living God. Let us
spend 2022 worshipping Him!
While most of the focus
of the Spring and Summer
fieldwork in 2021 was on
the December skirmish I’ve
discussed over the last few
weeks, our metal detector
surveys overlapped areas of
the Confederate auxiliary
areas, including portions of
the Confederate home guard
troops and supply distribution
areas. Over the last several
months in the lab at Geor
gia Southern, students from
archeology classes volun
teered their time to cleaning,
sorting., and often analyzing
these items through a variety
of means, including digital
microscopes for some of our
smaller items. One of these
items raises many questions,
and many possibilities. The
item’s owner is uncertain—
Confederate guard? Confed
erate trooper from the 9th
Unearthing Camp Lawton
Dr. Ryan McNutt, Ph.D, FSAScot, R.RA.
Anchor, Cross, and Heart
Alabama? Union POW? One
of Sherman’s skirmishers?
But rare for archaeology, we
know their faith: Christian,
and likely devout. This is be
cause the item in question is
a small glass paste stone of
deep yellow, almost topaz in
shade. Set into a cooper al
loy/brass bezel, the surface
of the stone is worked in an
intaglio style, with a Cross
on a mount, flanked on the
left by an anchor, and on the
right by a heart surmounted
by possibly a cross and flame
(microscope image below).
The anchor, cross, and heart
motif became popular in the
19th century as representa
tions faith, hope and char
ity (I Corinthians 13:13).
The cross of course is faith:
the anchor hope, intrinsically
linked to anchoring in a safe
harbor, and by extension, the
home and the Victorian ide
als of the home as a sacred,
private., space separate from
the hustle and bustle of the
profane world of commerce
and business that existed out
side in the public sphere. The
flaming heart is of course,
charity, or
love in the
Christian
sense. Oc
casionally
the flaming
heart could
mean ro
mantic love,
but unlikely
in this case
given that
is quite similar to the Sacred
Heart of Catholic ideology
in our depiction. And indeed,
in the tradition of Victorian
iconography, the intrinsically
linked nature of Faith, Hope,
and Charity as depicted to
gether would have intention
ally echoed the inseparable
nature of the Holy Trinity.
The heart of course, symbol
izing the love of Christ for
humanity. Given the overt
Christian iconography of
our stone
and it’s
design, it
is perhaps
even more
interesting
to consid
er what it
was once
a part of,
or at least,
wasn’t a
part of. It is unlikely to have
been part of a ring. The set
ting is wrong for a ring, and
the material of brass is at
odds with the stone itself and
See LAWTON page 6
Eaqle Notes
-Tara Cooper, Jenkins County
School Superintendent
Too often we think we cannot achieve greatness because of perceived weaknesses. It’s easy to get bogged down in ex
cuses like, “Our school is so small..“We are a low wealth county..“A lot of our kids live in poverty”, and on and on.
I am here to tell you that our kids CAN! I ran across this story of tiny frogs (I couldn’t find an author to cite) and found it
to be enlightening for a new year. New thoughts. New dreams. New opportunities.
There once was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very high
tower. A big crowd gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants. The race began.
No one in the crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. They shouted that it was way too
difficult and they would never make it to the top. The crowd shouted that they didn’t have a chance and that the tower
was too high. The tiny frogs began collapsing one by one. The crowd continued to yell - it’s too hard, no one will make it!
More tiny frogs got tired and gave up.
But one continued higher and higher. This one wouldn’t give up! And he reached the top. Everyone wanted to know how
this one managed such a feat. The crowd yelled questions while the frog just smiled. His secret? This little frog was DEAF.
Negative words yield negative results.
Let’s be deaf to discouraging attitudes and words. Let’s lift our students up so that they can reach their foil potential. Let’s
focus on the positive. We have already scaled so many towers in our school system! Let’s make 2022 the best year yet!
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