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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...

Robert Hudson Westover: Falling In Love Again With Fall Colors

Glimmers of light dance across the river’s surface as a cool breeze drifts past, gently pulling brilliant red leaves from a sturdy but gnarled...

MIKE KEELER: My Cache Has Some Serious Cachet

So I’m watching the news and a very well-spoken pundit says that the FBI is concerned that the stockpiles of military hardware that we...

SCOTT DREYER: Soros Gives McAuliffe Campaign $250k

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. --I Timothy 6:10a Many Bible verses are misquoted or taken out of...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Why Open-Mindedness Isn’t a Thing

“Don’t be so open-minded that your brains fall out.” In its literalness, this aphorism is incisive. ‘Open-mindedness’ refers to unchecked tolerance and wholesale acceptance. It’s...

SCOTT DREYER: Happy Constitution Day!

(...) Write the vision, and make it plain (....)   --Habakkuk 2:2b Once as a history major at William and Mary I heard our Sunday School teacher...

SCOTT DREYER: 9/11 at 20- Reflect and Remember

Remember the former things, those of long ago (....) -- Isaiah 46:9a Reflecting on this eve of the 20th anniversary of the horrific 9/11 attacks,...

DEVOTIONAL: The Road of Life