When Good People See Different Things: A Letter About Truth, Compassion, and Finding Our Way Home “The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out.” – Proverbs 18:15 My friend Jennie—and she IS my friend, make no mistake about that—posted something on Facebook that’s been weighing heavy on […]
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When Georgia Needs a Voice That Won’t Back Down: Why Kandiss Taylor Has My Vote Dean Burnette | Faith, Family, Politics | January 27, 2026 We’re living in interesting times, folks. And by “interesting,” I mean the kind of times that make you want to check if you accidentally wandered onto the set of some
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Counting Blessings and Making Memories: A Christmas Worth Remembering “The best things in life aren’t things at all—they’re people, memories, and the music that ties them all together.” Well now, here we are on the backside of Christmas 2025, and I’ve been sitting here in my favorite chair, sweet tea in hand, counting my blessings
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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 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 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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Pull up a chair. The sweet tea’s cold. Faith • Family • September 15, 2025 By Dean Burnette – Georgia clay on my boots, gratitude in my heart I don’t want to post a political persuasion targeted at a specific group of people, so I won’t write anything that tells a particular set of
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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
Alright now, pull up a chair. Got somethin’ heavy on my heart today, somethin’ important to talk about. This Memorial Day, 2025, feels a little different, maybe because it marks a special, yet sorrowful, anniversary. Just the other day, I was tellin’ you folks about Noah’s Ark Encounter up in Kentucky and how that grand
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