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FRED FIRST: No Peace With The Winds of Winter

This post revisits a post from 2011 (and originally from maybe 2004) where the wind was the dominant feature of our winter days. This, I might add, was a complaint...

The Roanoke History / O. Winston Link Museum To Be Open on Saturdays

The Roanoke History / O. Winston Link Museum will be open starting Saturday, January 18....

City of Roanoke Elevates Emergency Response with Cutting-Edge Technology

In the heart of Roanoke’s bustling 911 Center, a quiet revolution is reshaping how emergency...

Where 2024 Voter Turnout Was Highest And Lowest in Virginia 

 Virginia saw its lowest overall voter turnout in a presidential election since 2000, although over...

Transportation Institute Awarded Nearly $1 Million in Trucking Education Grants

Safety is not only for truck drivers, but also the drivers around them. The Virginia Tech...

Jesus The Judge?

PSALM 50:1-6 At first blush our Old Testament reading starts off pretty vanilla as Old Testament scriptures go – innocuous enough in its basic description...

Knowing Nothing – Doing Everything

FIRST READING ISAIAH 40:21-31 / SECOND READING 1 CORINTHIANS 9:16-23 /GOSPEL MARK 1:29-39 Our Old Testament reading from Isaiah grabs us by the shoulders and give us...

Answering the Call

FIRST READING JONAH 3:1-5, 10 / GOSPEL MARK 1:14-20 Well – for all his fits and starts Jonah turned out to be a whole lot better...

The Secret Places

FIRST READING 1 SAMUEL 3:1-10 (11-20) / GOSPEL JOHN 1:43-51 Eli clearly had made some mistakes in life . . . But you have to give...

A Little Patience Please?

“I want a little patience please and I want it now!” So goes the old humorous expression a very dear friend of mine barks...

Stay Awake!

Stay Awake!! Ha! Maybe I should give that command at the beginning of every sermon! I’m not sure it would help though . ....