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BECKY MAUPIN: Overwhelmed Doesn’t Mean Ungrateful

If you’re on social media for any amount of time, you pretty quickly see that there is mixed content. Some of it is positive and gives you really good...

BOB BROWN: When the Underdog Bites Has Rabies, and a Mean Owner

We have a strong human urge to identify with the “underdog.” There is nothing new...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part II

Unfortunately, Trump’s present ceasefire as of October 9 is analogous to the armistice signed between...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part I

Phase one of Trump‘s twenty-point peace plan in the Gaza Strip, which began on October...

FRED FIRST: Approaching the Longest Night

Yes, you’re right—if you’ve even noticed—that this space has been neglected for some weeks now,...

Grandmother’s Chocolate Cake by Leigh Sackett

by Leigh Sackett My son came home with a journal last week that he had bought at the school store. He told me he...

Making Your Home a Refuge

by Keith McCurdy I was sitting in church a few weeks ago and I heard a cell phone start beeping.  The thought in my head...

The Many Joys of Grandmothering

by Mary Jo Shannon Grandchildren are like dessert. They are treats –  not a regular diet. When the baby won’t stop crying, you may...

Getting Involved by Pastor Tim Harvey

When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is...

Technology and Health Care Costs

by Hayden Hollingsworth Is there such a thing as too much technology?  I’m about to release my Inner Curmudgeon but it’s something to ponder. In...

Beware The Puppet Mistress

by Jon Kaufman Have you ever felt like your life was someone else's science project? I feel that way quite often.  The sense that...