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Columnists

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...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: When Love Hurts

Do we pray for folks in trouble to get God’s attention or do we pray so that we are in tune with what already...

DICK BAYNTON: “George”

A couple years ago, I shook hands with a stranger who said his name was George; he introduced his wife Pat. After the many...

LUCKY GARVIN: In My Path . . .

I don’t know when it started, this idea I want to talk about. It’s been quite some years gone when it came to me:...

DICK BAYNTON: A New Year of Expectations, Achievements, Excuses, Forecasts and Hopes

The New Year has come and we have 365 days to repeat our mistakes of 2017. Most organizations, including government will set goals and...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: The Last Christmas Tree

A trip to Walmart, $29.95, and I had bought my last Christmas tree.  I am not expecting to exit soon, but this artificial 4...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Lessons and Inspiration From My Nieces and Nephews

Ok, so I don't have any grandchildren, even though I am certainly old enough to be a granddad. Perhaps before long I will reach...