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MELINDA MYERS: 2024 Winning Flowers for Your Garden and Containers

Make some room in your garden or containers for the new All-America Selections 2024 National award-winning plants. These winning varieties are tested in trial gardens across the United States...

SCOTT DREYER: Rep. Cline Working To Stop Genocide Against Christians In Nigeria

Many are surprised to learn that the largest number of Christians who were killed for...

RANDY HUFF: Yearning for The Real

Thinking long and hard has mixed reviews. At least there's no utopia in the offing....

MORGAN GRIFFITH: He is Risen

As we approach Easter, I am always reminded of one of my favorite stories from...

DEVOTIONAL: Seeking Shelter

And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ,...

LUCKY GARVIN: Miracle At Eventide

Chimney Swifts are strange birds.  They are raucous when hungry (one name for a group of swifts is a "screaming frenzy"), never stand on...

LUCKY GARVIN: What If . . .?

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

JEFF ELL: The Gospel of Old Trucks

An old truck is essential equipment for the outdoorsman. Along with lame dogs, broken tipped fishing poles, and twisted tree stands, a dented and...

LIZA FIELD: A Gift of The Sea

It’s beach season along the old Atlantic seaboard, drawing crowds of us inlanders east like our creeks and rivers. We’re heading for the Bay,...

DENNIS GARVIN: Amy The Human Firelfy

As a child, I was captivated by fireflies:  the way they danced and spun, disappearing from view only to reappear just slightly away from...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: What Do We Expect?

It’s a comfortable feeling when you have an anticipation of what may happen. It gives one a sense of control, although that can surely...