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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 9, called for a ceasefire, cessation of military operations, along with a hostage and prisoner...

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,...

A Life Well-Lived: Shirley Padgett Lester (1947-2025)

Shirley Padgett Lester of Vinton went to her heavenly reward October 4. Below is the...

BOB BROWN: How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden “Presidency”

Permit me to think out loud as an old-fashioned person who respects authority, history, and...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Gratitude Perch

On the old road up Mill Mountain, part of Roanoke’s fabulous greenway system, there’s a...

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...