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BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in Gray’s Drug Store, Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, Virginia, a few miles from the U.S. Naval...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

FRED FIRST: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

BOB BROWN: The Truth About Lying

Everyone lies! That’s the truth. Most people are relatively honest most of the time. The average...

Saved From Becoming Too Spiritual by Mark Graham

I had the blessing after Christmas of taking a fourth pilgrimage journey to Israel—the Holy Land, the Promised Land. I keep thinking that...

College Boys and K-Nines Create “Atmosphere”

by Jon Kaufman Friends, when last we spoke a congregation of teenaged hooligans were plundering my home, seizing any and all consumables they could...

Rack of Lamb with Warm Apple & Lentil Salad

by Leigh Sackett Now that we are in the 3rd week of January to most  Christmas is a distant memory but I mourn the...

No Need to Worry – Just Write It Down and You’ll Do Fine

by Mike Keeler Or so says the University of Chicago.  They recently completed a study in which they asked college students to take a...

Our Dirty Little Secret

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. Do you own a new mobile phone?  Perhaps you just replaced your old laptop or handheld device with an...

20 Questions for the Church

I’m glad God called me to be a pastor.  I love the church because it is God’s chosen instrument to advance God’s kingdom...