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  1. Dr. Neil Gilliland

    One Weekend

    September 3rd, 2008 · by Dr. Neil Gilliland

    My wife, Sheila, and I had been married less than a year when we found ourselves as parents of eight children. That’s right…eight. We had joined the staff at the Free Will Baptist Home for Children in East Tennessee as…Continue reading»

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    Get Off the Sidewalk

    May 27th, 2008 · by Dr. Neil Gilliland

    The house I grew up in was probably less than 500 square feet. It was so small we had to go outside to just change our minds. From the back door of our little gray-shingled house were four steps that emptied onto a little…Continue reading»

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    Warts and All

    January 18th, 2008 · by Dr. Neil Gilliland

    Our old friend was sick…very sick. To say, he was an old friend is anemic; he was our confidant and mentor. Even more, our old friend Dan Cronk was our hero. And now he was very sick. We knew the time for him to…Continue reading»

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    On A Winter's Morning

    October 30th, 2007 · by Dr. Neil Gilliland

    I love the early mornings. I think better. And it seems the Lord speaks to me more clearly at 5:30 a.m. than He does the rest of the day. It was a cold morning in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the Lord spoke. I wrote what I…Continue reading»

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    Loss

    October 3rd, 2006 · by Dr. Neil Gilliland

    All of us experience loss. We lose our keys. We lose our glasses. Some lose hair and/or teeth. We lose the vigor we had in our youth and try to muster enough energy to get through the day. We lose friends when we move. …Continue reading»