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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part I

Phase one of Trump‘s twenty-point peace plan in the Gaza Strip, which began on October 9, called for a ceasefire, cessation of military operations, along with a hostage and prisoner...

FRED FIRST: Approaching the Longest Night

Yes, you’re right—if you’ve even noticed—that this space has been neglected for some weeks now,...

A Life Well-Lived: Shirley Padgett Lester (1947-2025)

Shirley Padgett Lester of Vinton went to her heavenly reward October 4. Below is the...

BOB BROWN: How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden “Presidency”

Permit me to think out loud as an old-fashioned person who respects authority, history, and...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Gratitude Perch

On the old road up Mill Mountain, part of Roanoke’s fabulous greenway system, there’s a...

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...

The Difference a Preposition Can Make by Dr. George C. Anderson

A prepositional phrase that is key to Paul’s theology is repeated frequently in Galatians and Romans pistis Christou.  To translate pistis Christou in the...

The Real Business of The Day

by Lucky Garvin This is a thing I’ve never been able to do: take the day at its full measure.  I’m at work. Now...

A Thimbleful of Humility

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. It underlies the celebrated cathedrals of the world.  It underlies the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Wall of China,...