Category Archives: Waltons

Ralph Waite

Posted on February 15, 2014 by jamesbradfordpate

Ralph Waite, who played the dad on The Waltons, has passed on.  I was also interested to learn that he had roles on Days of Our Lives (as a priest) and Bones (as Booth’s grandfather).  And, of course, he was … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Aitken’s Nixon: A Life 14

Posted on November 14, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I finished Jonathan Aitken’s Nixon: A Life.  In this post, I’d like to share one of my favorite stories.  I don’t have any profound thoughts to add about it, but I just liked it. On page 566, Aitken is talking … Continue reading →

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Roger Morris’ Richard Milhous Nixon 3

Posted on July 30, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

On page 87 of Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician, Roger Morris narrates Richard Nixon’s public conversion to Christ at the age of thirteen: “On a sultry night after he began high school in September 1926, his … Continue reading →

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Joe Conley (Who Played Ike Godsey on the Waltons)

Posted on July 9, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I’ve been getting back into watching The Waltons.  I’m in season 1 right now. I was looking up some of the cast members, and I noticed that Joe Conley, the actor who played the storekeeper Ike Godsey, passed away a … Continue reading →

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Follow Your Heart, and What Is, Is

Posted on September 15, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

Well, today is the day before my sermon!  So I’ll write one last post for my series on preaching—-though I may also write about my sermon tomorrow, after I come home from church.  In this post, I’ll draw from The … Continue reading →

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Speaking with Authority: Delivery

Posted on September 12, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

I’ll be preaching this coming Sunday, and so I’ve been doing a little series on preaching. What I want to talk about today is speaking with authority.  There are many people who love it when preachers speak with authority from … Continue reading →

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The Waltons: The Sermon

Posted on September 11, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

I’ll be preaching this coming Sunday, and I watched the episode of The Waltons in which John-Boy has to give the sermon at his church.  Giving a sermon can be quite difficult.  There’s the challenge of coming up with something … Continue reading →

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No True Heroes; Inner Nurturing; Death as Punishment?; Born Again; Post-Exilic Composition or Update?; Prophets; IMDB

Posted on May 14, 2010 by jamesbradfordpate

1. Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes, 1810-1899, page 176: J.W. Armstead, a black West Feliciana proponent of education, informed congressional investigators that the Republican misuse of school funds created scores … Continue reading →

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Patty Duke Reunion Movie (1999)

Posted on September 27, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

So why do I want to see the 1999 reunion movie for the Patty Duke Show? Here are my reasons: 1. I’ve been watching the Patty Duke Show this week to get it off my DVR. I want to see … Continue reading →

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Authenticity

Posted on September 15, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

In Crazy for God, Frank Schaeffer talks about how he used to be inauthentic. When he was on the right-wing Christian speaking circuit, he felt inauthentic, as if he were playing a role, for he didn’t truly believe in what … Continue reading →

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