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BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to it. Our losses accumulate. They range from minor to unimaginable. Last week, two sets of...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

I no longer watch Baltimore Orioles’ baseball games. I now only watch innings, and if I...

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

Paying Back the Debt . . . a Personal Priority

by Hayden Hollingsworth As President Obama unfurled his thoughts in the State of the Union message it was obvious there is much we need...

Meet Your Friendly Neighborhood Automotive Assassin

by Jon Kaufman Hi. My name is Jon and I am a killer of cars. Recently, when returning from Lynchburg, I became stranded when my...

Okay, It’s Time to Play “How Stupid Can Marketers Get?”

by Mike Keeler Let's say you work for a shoe store chain, and you want to tell people how great your shoes are.  Here's...

“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!” Psalm 95:6 – By Rev. Dr....

One of the challenges on Sunday morning is determining the healthy line between holiness and false piety, between warmly welcoming the brethren and...

Music: Binding Our Lives Together

by Fred First A friend of mine is writing a book about people and places along the Crooked Road. On one of his interview...

Blessed Unrest: A Story of What’s Right about a Wronged World

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. During my recent attendance at the COP16 U.N. Global Climate Change Conference in Cancún, I learned from a friend...