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A Thanksgiving Symphony: Pittsburgh, Prayers, and the Soundtrack of Gratitude

A Thanksgiving Symphony: Pittsburgh, Prayers, and the Soundtrack of Gratitude Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Thanksgiving Day, 2025 Well now, here I sit in the Steel City, a Louisiana boy transplanted to Georgia clay, now finding himself in Steelers country with a full heart and a cup of coffee that’s still trying to figure out what sweet […]

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The Port of Savannah is the Closest Thing to a Foreign Mission Field Without a Passport

The Port of Savannah is the Closest Thing to a Foreign Mission Field Without a Passport Or: How I Learned You Don’t Need a Passport to Be a Foreign Missionary  A Thanksgiving Log from the President’s Chair – Maritime Bethel Savannah   Posted November 23, 2025 – Southern Fried Thoughts   By Dean Burnette  

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Passin’ the Baton: David’s Psalm and Our Family Legacy Over Morning Coffee

Passin’ the Baton: David’s Psalm and Our Family Legacy Over Morning Coffee By Dean Burnette | November 8, 2025 | Faith, Family Well now, settle in with your coffee, friends, ’cause this morning the Good Lord decided to wallop me upside the head with something profound while I was doing my devotional. And when God

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The Tail Wagging the Dog: A Southern Perspective on the 2025 Government Shutdown

The Tail Wagging the Dog: A Southern Perspective on the 2025 Government Shutdown By Dean Burnette – Louisiana Born, Georgia Grown, and Still Not Crazy (Yet)   October 29, 2025   (Politics | Southern Fried Thoughts)   Now, listen here, and I don’t mean to preach—well, maybe a little—but the government’s been shut down going

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Fried-Golden Parachutes & Premium Parasites—A Family Talk about the Insurance Squeeze

Fried-Golden Parachutes & Premium Parasites—A Family Talk about the Insurance Squeeze By Dean Burnette | Louisiana-born, Georgia-grown, grateful-to-be-American Pull up a rocker and set the sweet tea between us.  I’ve been stewing on these double-digit rate hikes the big insurers are wanting to slap on Georgia families like a cast-iron skillet upside the head.  We’re

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Sometimes God Stirs the Pot

Sometimes God Stirs the Pot: Lessons from Katrina, Government Stirring, and Life’s Unexpected Blessings

Well now, pull up a chair and let this old Southern boy pour you a glass of sweet tea. It feels like just yesterday, but the calendar tells me it’s been twenty long years since Hurricane Katrina tore through my home state of Louisiana. Twenty years. Lord have mercy, time does fly. I was talking

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