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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...

SCOTT DREYER: CBS Airs Smear Piece Against “Middle America”…Including SW Virginia

Thoughtful people are concerned about the growing divisiveness in our culture, with so many "fault lines" like those from earthquakes cracking up our country....

DEVOTIONAL: Be Careful Whom You Follow

My people were lost sheep; their shepherds led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They wandered from mountain to hill;...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Beneath All of The Politics Remains The Kindness of Americans

In 2020, a few months before the presidential election, my neighbor was shocked to see that I had put signs of Donald Trump up...

SCOT BELLAVIA: I’m Turning 30 . . . Or Am I?

As I look toward my 30th birthday at the end of this month, I wonder how old I’m going to be. That is, will I...

SCOTT DREYER: Coming To Your Phone…Congressional Stupidity Alerts?

Most of us by now are aware of alerts that come to our phones to make us aware of emergencies. The AMBER alert system...

DEVOTIONAL: Avoid Empty “Religious Talk”

ray for us to the Lord your God.... - Jeremiah 42:2 (NIV) An old saying goes, "Talk is cheap," and that can be especially true...