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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...

Recipe of the Week: Noah’s Winning Muffins

by Leigh Sackett Well Sunday was one of those perfect days. It was fairly warm and my son responds like a butterfly -  the...

A Character With Great Character

by Jon Kaufman As a child, while sweating it out in my dentist's waiting room, I would often read back issues of Reader's Digest...

Putting History in Perspective

by Hayden Hollingsworth It’s not every week that something as monumental as the changes in Egypt occur. It is too early to tell what...

Called to More by Pastor Joe Lehman

“Trample my courts no more!  Bring me no more worthless offerings!   Make justice your aim; redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea,...

The Very Miraculous Septic Tank Excavation

by John Robinson The old septic tank needed attention. The tank cleaner folks said that if we uncovered the access hole it would save...

The Haves and the Have Nots

by Hayden Hollingsworth The news has been full of the travails of Egypt and no one is sure how this is going to conclude. ...