Southbridge in the Civil War 1863-64
This is the third is a series of essays on the role of the Town of Southbridge in the Civil War. As the war continued the amount of involvement of the local le...
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What Gifts do we Bring A Sermon on the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers
What Gifts do we Bring? Each of the Sunday’s following the Resurrection is dedicated to various people changed by Jesus. Last week we witnessed the doubt and t...
Sunday Links Roundup
Here is a list of some things I have been reading this week. The Way of Improvement Leads Home ~ Next Up: A History of the American Bible Society Worcester Revo...
Diminishing Job Prospects for Protestant Pastors
The Public Television Program Religion and Ethics Weekly, has a program this week concerning the diminishing job prospects for Protestant pastors. I would add ...
Alexander Walter Johnston, an Ordinary Guy
If you are a follower of these pages you know that I have been engaged in family research for some time. It is always fun in this type of research, when you fi...
Top Posts of the Past Week
Here is a list of the top posts of the past week here at Shepherd of Souls Heartland ~ A Review The Cross of Pope John Paul II The Lost Towns of the Swift River...
IOCC Responds to Victims of Tornadoes in the South
Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — The powerful spring storms that spawned a cluster of damaging tornadoes this past week have affected the lives of millions of people acro...
The Cross of Pope John Paul II
On Sunday, April 27, 2014 the world witnessed the canonization of two new saints in the Roman Catholic Church, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, known as Pope John XXII...
The Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley
Located in Central and Western Massachusetts was the Swift River Valley, and area of rich agriculture and mills. Like many small American towns, the towns of D...
Family Research Tour ~ Maine
At the time of this writing I am in Machias Maine on the last leg of my three day family research trip. I began this journey on Tuesday in York and have slowly...