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ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision of the future (circa year...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

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

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

SCOT BELLAVIA: The Gospel Presented… On NPR?

Recently, NPR’s Rachel Martin interviewed Dr Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health and longtime Christian. Listeners were provided a contemporary...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: A Glimpse Into Dreamworld

I’m talking to an acquaintance I haven’t seen or even thought of in ages about a skateboard sailboat that I’m designing. I’m going into...

MIKE KEELER: Its The Dead of Winter – Time For A Real Spicy Tale

One day long ago on an island off the coast of India, someone noticed that when they cut down a certain type of tree,...

SCOTT DREYER: 5 Things Fearless People Do

Fear not (...) Isaiah 41:10a As a student in the teacher-training track at William and Mary in the 1980s, I remember some classes that dealt...

SCOTT DREYER: Gov. Northam Exits–The End Of An Error

Unlike the other 49 states in the Union, only Virginia has a constitution that prohibits a governor from serving two consecutive terms. That is...

DEVOTIONAL: The Blessing of Peace

"The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD will bless His people with peace."  --Psalms 29:11 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they...