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BOB BROWN: The Recent Sale of the Brooklyn Bridge, Part One

The 2025 election results in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Seattle are troubling to me, a student of the human mind. The election of “democratic socialists,” and the...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump’s “Great Gatsby Party” At His Mar-a-Lago Club on October 31 Was In Poor Taste

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is our country’s largest anti-hunger program for men,...

FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I...

RANDY HUFF: Without Sacrifice We Never Really Live

Pearl Harbor Day is larger-than-life: distant, meaningful, weighty. On this day 82 years ago the world changed, propelling a generation of Americans into a...

Efficiency Makes A Poor Goal For Life

Thomas Merton was once asked to diagnose the leading spiritual disease of our time. Merton's answer? “Efficiency.” Huh?! “From the monastery to the Pentagon, the place has...

SERWAN ZANGANA: I Pray No Law Enforcement Officer Or Soldier Engages In Gunfire

As a routine on my days off, the other morning I stopped by Panera Bread for a coffee and breakfast. As often happens, I...

FRED FIRST: The Glue of Community Does Not Age So Well

Living in place does not insure a lasting connection, as friends our age drop out of the picture. Will we experience new friendships close...

DEVOTIONAL: How Available Are You?

“May it happen to me as you have said.”  --Luke 1:38b (CSB) It's normal for us to have our goals, dreams, timetables and agendas for...

FRED FIRST: Where the Sidewalk Ends

Are There Future Fragments From Beyond the Pavement? I thought of this 150 yr old farmhouse and the land around it as my story for...