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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...

Recognizing God’s Grace

God’s grace often comes in unexpected, unrecognized ways, and, truth be told, is sometimes unwelcome. Such was my experience when I learned that...

Deep Fried Black Eyed Peas

Luck, luck, luck! Some days just seem to come together right before your very eyes and you know that you’ve had very little...

Nothing Puts the Fear of God in You Like . . . by Stuart Revercomb

Quick! What two words strike the most fear into both Christian believers and non-believers alike? That’s right! Everybody knows the answer to that...

Christmas Surf and Turf “Schtake and Yobster”

The stories of a Christmas past are so fun to hear; it is like stepping into someone else’s life when a friend shares...

‘Tis the Season to Be . . .

Everyone knows the next word:  Jolly.  After decking the halls with boughs of holly, that’s what we’re to be.  But suppose your halls...

“The Misplaced Magi”

This year are you celebrating Christmas or the holidays?  If you look around it seems to be getting more and more difficult to...