Dan Ponder
Who taught you to pray?
Our most kind and gracious heavenly Father”. I remember those words as a young child in my home church. First Baptist Church of Cottonwood, Alabama. ...
Dan Ponder, Author at The Post-Searchlight
Dan Ponder
Room Temperature
The American comedian Steven Wright once said, “it does not make a difference what temperature a room is, it is always room temperature”. Given the ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 9:39 am
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It is not over until it is over
When your children grow up and have their own families, there are precious few occasions that you get to spend extended periods of time together. ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, July 20, 2022 1:58 pm
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What a way to go
My apologies for writing yet again about travel and spending time with my family. However, that is all we have been doing for a few ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, July 13, 2022 3:08 pm
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Old Traditions. New Beginnings.
The fourth of July holiday is always different in our family, yet almost always the same. For a little more than the past century, my ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, July 6, 2022 10:10 am
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This is My Country
These have been some trying days lately for our country. If you can even bear to watch the news, there is something to worry about ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, June 29, 2022 11:16 am
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You Can’t Scare Me
This past weekend, a longtime family friend posted on Facebook a picture of himself wearing a T-Shirt. “You can’t scare me. I have two daughters” ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, June 22, 2022 3:11 pm
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The Great Physicians
William Osler is often considered the father of modern medicine. A Canadian physician, Osler was also one of the four founding professors of the world-renowned ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, June 8, 2022 1:37 pm
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The Faces behind the Masks
I started Rehab some six months ago working to strengthen the muscles around my knee and hip. The primary goal was to delay eventual knee ...
by Dan Ponder, Monday, June 6, 2022 9:15 am
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S.O.S.
The television ads became almost unbearable. Auburn is located near the Georgia – Alabama border, which means that political ads from both states are saturating ...