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BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting something to happen or be true, with a reasonable expectation that it will, but...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people....

DAWN CUSTALOW: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

For all who wait For all who hunger For all who’ve prayed For all who wonder Behold... Christmas is...

SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

History: It’s Dynamic

I well recall an opening college class on World History when the professor asked each of us to define history. As one might imagine...

God of The Very Unexpected

1 SAMUEL 15:34-16:13  2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-10, 16-17 I was speaking with a friend lately about the incredibly amazing nature of scripture – how you can...

 The Student-Loan Taxpayer Ambush

When President Obama signed the new government-controlled Student-Loan bill into law in March of 2010 at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, he knew...

No Till Gardening – Or How Not To Garden Like A Heathen

A few weeks ago, I found out that I garden like a heathen. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like I was burning incense in...

The Results of Golf, Fund Rising and PC

Many of us thought the last couple years of the current administration would be less contentious and more serene than the first term and...

Amazing Grace Indeed!

When President Obama began to sing Amazing Grace in his eulogy to Clementa Pinckney, he was only to the second line when the congregation...