An Act of War

The incident was not particularly gruesome or harrowing, compared to most. It ended with Travis Kelly alive and his enemy dead on a trail near the Cambodian border. Just feet away from the slain officer lay a young boy.

Confessions of a Preacher's Kid

Confessions of a Preacher’s Kid is a fictionalized memoir about growing up as a preacher’s kid in a small town in North Carolina. The book is written from the perspective of eight-year-old Tommy McManus and is set in 1954 in the town of Cramer Village on the Southbend River.

A Breach of Faith

This largely autobiographical novel is about two young boys growing up in a small southern town, one the son of a white Southern Baptist minister and the other the oldest child of a black textile worker.

The Little Orangemen

EDITED BY MICHAEL K. MCMAHAN

In spite of his busy life and career, when the need and opportunity to coach a local Pop Warner football team arose, Coach Earl Groves stepped up to the challenge. That experience changed his life. It certainly changed the lives of hundreds of boys who proudly played for the YBMC Little Orangemen…

The Life Section

The Life Section is a collection of previously published articles and columns written by popular newspaper columnist Michael K. McMahan, whose columns and articles have been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, Winston-Salem Journal, and other newspapers. He writes a weekly column for the Gaston Gazette, the Shelby Star, and the Hendersonville Times-News.

Martin

Martin

St. Martin of Tours was born in 316 AD in what is now Hungary. Though we do not know the day of Martin’s birth, we do know the year and the location. These metrics are important because they put him in the time and place of the Roman Empire. We also know that Martin...

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Our World is in Trouble; First We Need to Fix Ourselves

Our World is in Trouble; First We Need to Fix Ourselves

This column was originally published in the Gaston Gazette, 11/14/21. We have been business friends for two decades. I like to think we are more deeply connected. He is a good person, though our backgrounds and perspectives are vastly different. He does not wear...

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The Richest Man in Babylon

The Richest Man in Babylon

Much has been written about the concentration of wealth in America.  As we move closer to the fall elections, the wealth gap is likely to gain even more attention. In a January 2019 Yahoo article titled, “Top One Percent Own 50% of Stocks,” financial reporter Heidi...

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