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DEVOTIONAL: Thanks, Mom!
Her children rise up and call her blessed -- Prov. 31:28a (ESV)
We celebrate Mother's Day once a year, but how can we adequately express our gratitude? For starters, if...
MORGAN GRIFFITH: Is Government Research Safe?
It has been roughly four and a half years since the start of the COVID-19...
MIKE KEELER: May 1774: The Empire Strikes Back
On May 13, 1774, a large vessel sailed into Boston Harbor. It wasn't a whaler,...
FRED FIRST: To The End of The End of The Book
The uncertainty and never-ending unknowing may soon end. For the past year, there has been...
SCOT BELLAVIA: A Chance Rescue
Normally, I wouldn’t have been driving home. I went to church early to set up...
DICK BAYNTON: The USA: World’s Largest Debtor and Largest Donor
Budgets are highly important in our lives and the two most important items to be budgeted are ‘time’ and ‘financial resources and responsibilities.’ Other...
LUCKY GARVIN: The Indian Coup
I heard two interesting stories the other day re: Native Americans who had been involved in the Vietnam war.Native Americans suffered a far lower...
MIKE KEELER: King of The Fruit – Fruit of The Kings
We return you now to the Summer of Sweetness......which was in the year 1496. Christopher Columbus, returning from his second voyage to the west,...
DICK BAYNTON: The Modern Florence Nightingale
The original Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy on May 20th, 1820 of British parents and died on August 13, 1910 in Mayfair,...
Dick Baynton: Uniting States
The title of today’s column refers to several efforts to unite a consortium of nations in our troubled world. The United States of America...
STUART REVERCOMB: A Few Questions If You Please
In a short bit of writing on the subject of the Christian season of Lent Frederick Buechner asks the following questions. With no small...