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DAWN CUSTALOW: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

For all who wait For all who hunger For all who’ve prayed For all who wonder Behold... Christmas is composed of a story. A true and eternal story. Of true “Joy to the...

SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mr. President, Just Shut The H*ll Up

Nick Reiner, 32, the cocaine addicted and schizophrenic son of famed Hollywood sitcom actor, prolific...

BOB BROWN: “A Multitude of the Heavenly Host”

For many years, the Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, a former federal magistrate, taught the Men’s...

MIKE KEELER: The Ducks Sew Some HugelKulture

I learned a new word today. But first, about my big brother Harper, for those of you who don’t already know. For the past couple...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: If I Were A Terrorist, (But I Am Not)

FBI director, Christopher A. Wray, told Congress on April 11, "Looking back over my career in law enforcement, I’d be hard pressed to think...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Sometimes People Cast Their Votes Based on One Agenda

When Congressman Bob Good, (R. 5th Dist, VA) voted against the $95 billion spending bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan in April, it cost...

DEVOTIONAL: Discernment

The priests...make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. They do not teach the difference between clean and unclean things... Ezekiel...

FRED FIRST: On Finding and Leaving Home

And so at this tipping point in life, I return to visit early thoughts about WHERE we call home. My place was not where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Roanoke College Needs An ROTC Program

A retired Army four-star general, William B. Rosson (1918-2004), once privately told me in mid-July 1987 that West Point either graduated very good officers...