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BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers had safely returned from an unprecedented successful attack on Iran’s fortresses of nuclear weapon...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

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

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Israel’s Second Sum Of All Fears

I first heard about a dirty bomb in early September 1993 when an IBM coworker,...

BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m...

FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

It would happen: the trip back to Floyd. And then it wouldn’t. And then it...

Grandmother’s Chocolate Cake by Leigh Sackett

by Leigh Sackett My son came home with a journal last week that he had bought at the school store. He told me he...

Making Your Home a Refuge

by Keith McCurdy I was sitting in church a few weeks ago and I heard a cell phone start beeping.  The thought in my head...

The Many Joys of Grandmothering

by Mary Jo Shannon Grandchildren are like dessert. They are treats –  not a regular diet. When the baby won’t stop crying, you may...

Getting Involved by Pastor Tim Harvey

When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is...

Technology and Health Care Costs

by Hayden Hollingsworth Is there such a thing as too much technology?  I’m about to release my Inner Curmudgeon but it’s something to ponder. In...

Beware The Puppet Mistress

by Jon Kaufman Have you ever felt like your life was someone else's science project? I feel that way quite often.  The sense that...