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ANDY PITZER: Silent Barter

Take a look at your salt shaker the next time you sit down at the dinner table. Or the canister of Morton’s Salt in your cupboard. Now take a gander...

FRED FIRST: Spaces: Inner, Outer & Other

I exist even still in a “liminal space” (which could be a whole other post—with...

ANDY PITZER: Paraphrasing GPT

When I come to think about it, probably the one thing I’m most proud of...

BOB BROWN: IF YOU LOVE YOUR BRAIN, TAKE CARE 0F IT, PART THREE

This is A Brief Educational Summary of Neuroscience 101, Part THREE, our final section. These...

SERWAN ZANGANA: It’s time for positive change in Roanoke City, vote James Creasy for Sheriff

An enthusiastic and experienced law enforcement officer, a veteran deputy, is eager to bring changes...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Quitting a Book

I used to think it was virtuous to finish every book I started. You know the advice: “Always finish what you start.” This was...

DEVOTIONAL: Jesus’ 7 Sayings From The Cross (6 & 7)

“It is finished!” --John 19:30 (NIV) “Into Your hands I commit My spirit.”  -- Luke 23:46 (NIV) Today is Good Friday, the day Christians commemorate the...

SCOTT DREYER: What A City Skyline Tells You

A few years ago I took a history class about the role and perceptions of religion in Colonial America. One image that impressed me...

DEVOTIONAL: Jesus’ 7 Sayings From The Cross (5)

“I am thirsty.”  -- John 19:28 (NIV) For the past 2,000 years, many have debated who Jesus was. Many have claimed He was an extraordinary...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: The New Man

This Easter I want to revisit one of my favorite hymns, He Is Risen. Though I’ve shared this one before, the message of He...

FRED FIRST: Birds Behaving Badly

I could not resist the alliteration, even though the You-wanna-piece-of-me Osprey is the baddest bird I could find in my limited ornithographic collection. (Yes...

DEVOTIONAL: The Road of Life