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BECKY MAUPIN: Overwhelmed Doesn’t Mean Ungrateful

If you’re on social media for any amount of time, you pretty quickly see that there is mixed content. Some of it is positive and gives you really good...

BOB BROWN: When the Underdog Bites Has Rabies, and a Mean Owner

We have a strong human urge to identify with the “underdog.” There is nothing new...

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

Unfortunately, Trump’s present ceasefire as of October 9 is analogous to the armistice signed between...

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...

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,...

Recognizing God’s Grace

God’s grace often comes in unexpected, unrecognized ways, and, truth be told, is sometimes unwelcome. Such was my experience when I learned that...

Deep Fried Black Eyed Peas

Luck, luck, luck! Some days just seem to come together right before your very eyes and you know that you’ve had very little...

Nothing Puts the Fear of God in You Like . . . by Stuart Revercomb

Quick! What two words strike the most fear into both Christian believers and non-believers alike? That’s right! Everybody knows the answer to that...

Christmas Surf and Turf “Schtake and Yobster”

The stories of a Christmas past are so fun to hear; it is like stepping into someone else’s life when a friend shares...

‘Tis the Season to Be . . .

Everyone knows the next word:  Jolly.  After decking the halls with boughs of holly, that’s what we’re to be.  But suppose your halls...

“The Misplaced Magi”

This year are you celebrating Christmas or the holidays?  If you look around it seems to be getting more and more difficult to...