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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...

Paying Back the Debt . . . a Personal Priority

by Hayden Hollingsworth As President Obama unfurled his thoughts in the State of the Union message it was obvious there is much we need...

Meet Your Friendly Neighborhood Automotive Assassin

by Jon Kaufman Hi. My name is Jon and I am a killer of cars. Recently, when returning from Lynchburg, I became stranded when my...

Okay, It’s Time to Play “How Stupid Can Marketers Get?”

by Mike Keeler Let's say you work for a shoe store chain, and you want to tell people how great your shoes are.  Here's...

“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!” Psalm 95:6 – By Rev. Dr....

One of the challenges on Sunday morning is determining the healthy line between holiness and false piety, between warmly welcoming the brethren and...

Music: Binding Our Lives Together

by Fred First A friend of mine is writing a book about people and places along the Crooked Road. On one of his interview...

Blessed Unrest: A Story of What’s Right about a Wronged World

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. During my recent attendance at the COP16 U.N. Global Climate Change Conference in Cancún, I learned from a friend...