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DAWN CUSTALOW: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

For all who wait For all who hunger For all who’ve prayed For all who wonder Behold... Christmas is composed of a story. A true and eternal story. Of true “Joy to the...

SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mr. President, Just Shut The H*ll Up

Nick Reiner, 32, the cocaine addicted and schizophrenic son of famed Hollywood sitcom actor, prolific...

BOB BROWN: “A Multitude of the Heavenly Host”

For many years, the Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, a former federal magistrate, taught the Men’s...

STUART REVERCOMB: Loving Thy Neighbor Comes Later

A ministerial friend of mine recently asked their congregation to “take on the character of Jesus” while imploring them to “do more good things”...

MIKE KEELER: The Magic Monkish Word

After months of being stuck at home, you've probably cleaned out your closets, explored the dark corners of your fridge, rooted through your pantry...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Words Matter

One of the primary things my wife appreciated about me in the first few months after we started dating was how careful I was...

SCOTT DREYER: Outrageous – VA Dems Releasing Violent Criminals

Thou Shalt not murder.   -- Exodus 20:13  (The Sixth Commandment) Thanks, Roanoke Times, for running two pieces on August 13, 2020 exposing the Virginia...

BARBARA LEACH: Betwixt and Between

How’s your garden doing?  This is the time of year that my mom used to call “the betwixt and between.”  Most perennials have gone...

MIKE KEELER: The Man Behind The President

This is a story of a populist President, political favors, fake news and the United States Postal Service. The year is 1835. Most of us...