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BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers had safely returned from an unprecedented successful attack on Iran’s fortresses of nuclear weapon...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

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

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Israel’s Second Sum Of All Fears

I first heard about a dirty bomb in early September 1993 when an IBM coworker,...

BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m...

FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

It would happen: the trip back to Floyd. And then it wouldn’t. And then it...

MIKE KEELER: “Sufferin’ Succotash!!”

These things are so awesome and tasty, they’re killer. Way back in the 1500s, when the Spanish headed west to explore the Americas, they ran...

DEVOTIONAL: Want To Be a Better Conversationalist? (1)

(...) let every person be quick to hear (....) - James 1:19 (ESV) Today, the Covid pandemic is still painfully in our minds, but there...

SCOTT DREYER: My Message To The Roanoke County School Board

These remarks were shared with the Roanoke County School Board by email on August 17, 2023. I share these thoughts with the Roanoke County School...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Learn From Roanoke County School Board To Adopt Unbiased Policies

It was another night and another Roanoke County School Board (RCSB) meeting on July 27, when the school board officials had to face a...

MELINDA MYERS: Fall-Planted Cover Crops Provide Many Benefits to Gardens

Put your garden to work over winter by planting a cover crop this fall. Covering the soil with plants that are turned into the...

DEVOTIONAL: Why Be “Normal”?

Do not conform to the pattern of this world (....) - Romans 12:2 (NIV) As a child, do you remember adults warning you about the...