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April 2025

Dr. Cecil Blankenship - the man who took chances on people
What chance was there that a little orphan boy (who had seen his father murder his mother when he was only four) would ever amount to anything?
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Ben Talley
A universal view of resurrection
This Easter Sunday, I want to share a different view of resurrection.
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Rubbing elbows with the rich and famous
To some degree or another, all of us are prone to become at least a bit enamored with the rich and famous in this world.
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Words funny and wise
Following are a few of the funny (and often quite profoundly wise) words spoken to me over the years by some elementary students of mine.
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Ben Talley

March 2025

Hometown Stories - Three Years Later
Bristol native Briana Fillers, owner of Briana Fillers Consulting in downtown Bristol (and a former student of mine) took this pic of me beneath the…
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Our individual spiritual journeys
In this particular column I am sharing one person’s individual spiritual journey.
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The gratitude of growing old
About three weeks ago, while hiking high on Holston Mountain, I came across a young lady hiker.
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Why teachers are WAY overpaid
(The Teachers of Promise Institute)
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The last time your name is ever spoken
Someday someone on Earth will say your name for the last time.
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February 2025

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