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The Word: More important than the sun?

If the sun fizzled out and disappeared, what would happen? Holly Otterbein, from Popular Science, says that within ... Read more

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The Word: Keeping faith shining brightly

Due to clear skies and lower temperatures, the stars these last few mornings as I walk the dog ... Read more

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The Word: Finding space for stillness

Typically, as my turn comes around to write this column, I have two or three ideas with which ... Read more

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The Word: Who is my neighbor?

There’s a story that is told in the Bible, specifically in Luke 10, about a time Jesus was ... Read more

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The Word: Can these states be united again?

Do you drink “soda” or “pop”? How do you pronounce the words “roof” and “wolf”? I never cease ... Read more

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The Word: Adam blew it

Which of us has not imagined winning the lottery? If you were the lucky winner, and you chose ... Read more

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The Word: ‘Nothing shall be impossible to you’

Just the other morning, while walking the dog, I witnessed something that we have all seen many times: ... Read more

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The Word: Recharging our batteries

If your household is anything like mine, you have lots of electronics that need recharging every day: cell ... Read more

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The Word: Summer invites us to be kids again

“So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God’s rest ... Read more

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The Word: The heart of Jesus

In the mid 1670’s, a young French nun named Margaret Alacoque lived in a convent in eastern France. ... Read more

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The Word: ‘The Quiet Man?’

You don’t have to be a history-lover to know that books can only go so far in portraying ... Read more

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The Word: Finding joy today

Last week, as I walked across Longwood University’s beautiful campus following a rainstorm, I saw two robins taking ... Read more

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The Word: The ‘value’ of foolish arguments

Recently, I’ve been working my way through Clinton Portis’ classic novel True Grit. It isn’t my usual reading ... Read more

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The Word: And then Jesus was gone

“And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a ... Read more

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The Word: Pray, how often?

On the second floor of a house he built, sat a 93-year-old man, Marty Leuhrs. He was not ... Read more

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The Word: The great work of the master gardener

This time of year, I think a lot about my yard. It isn’t lush or thick, and there ... Read more

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The Word: A faith experienced

On the last day of March, we celebrated Easter Sunday. For you and your family, that celebration might ... Read more

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The Word: Rising to new life every day

“Put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” — Ephesians ... Read more

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The Word: But where are the other three?

While the famous 10 lepers of John, chapter 17, were still on the way to show themselves to ... Read more

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The Word: How do you celebrate Easter?

How do you celebrate Easter?  How do you mark the day when our Savior Jesus Christ broke the ... Read more

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The Word: Rejoice and weep

Last weekend, we celebrated my son’s birthday. For nine years, Jonathan has graced our lives with his amazing ... Read more

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The Word: Celebrating Freedom Friday a bit later this month

Let the past be past at last and celebrate Freedom Friday on March 29. “We know that our ... Read more

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The Word: Lincoln and Lent

On August 12, 1861, Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation. “… (W)hen our own beloved country, once, by the ... Read more

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The Word: The savior ministers individually

Earlier this week, as I walked the dog in the early morning, I heard the plaintive cry of ... Read more

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The Word: Love is a table manner

Eating is one of the most important and vulnerable things we do, and it always has been. Food ... Read more

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The Word: Spare the rod, spoil the Christian

You’ve probably heard the saying “spare the rod, spoil the child.” The point is that if children are ... Read more

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The Word: Of love and revolution

If you search the internet for Lila Rose, you will see immediately that she is a lot of ... Read more

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