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ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision of the future (circa year...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

Groundhog Update: Captivity Going Almost Famously for “Big Boy” and “Baby”

What if you were a rehabber of everything feathered and furred? What if you received two groundhogs who preferred inside to outside, and deplored...

Between A Rock and A Tree

My dad was a hard-case -  no doubt. Build a garage, dig a sewage line, whatever it was, he never hired it out; he...

Where is Your Money Going?

It is no secret that the American people are facing a very tough economic climate. Families and small businesses are cutting back on...

Preacher’s Corner: The Bread of Life: What Is It?

When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?”   “For the bread of God is that which comes down from...

The Miracle of Roanoke’s “Lost Boys” of Sudan

Eight years ago members of my church, Raleigh Court Presbyterian, noticed tall, lanky young black men walking along Grandin Road. Upon learning they were...

A Perspective on Crossroads

I spend a lot of time at crossroads.  No, not the kind you arrive at in your car – but the kind of crossroads where...