Lifestyles
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 ...
Lifestyles
Dr. Witherspoon: Get it right
One must remain on the cutting edge. There was a new technique available for removing the gallbladder. They ...
Lifestyles
The Word: Of love and revolution
If you search the internet for Lila Rose, you will see immediately that she is a lot of ...
Lifestyles
Devotional — Christianity: Rules within relationship
Today I want to talk about how rules connect with relationship in Christianity. What is your view of ...
Lifestyles
Diagnostic dilemma
A gentleman had suffered for years with right leg pain. An MRI of his lumbar spine demonstrated spinal ...
Lifestyles
Through the Garden Gate: Controversy in the garden
My gardening friends in England and Scotland are bemoaning the rise of what they call eco-rectitude. They’re all ...
Lifestyles
The Word: Making real changes in our lives
Late last year, after nearly 40 years of playing the soprano clarinet, I decided to switch up and ...
Lifestyles
Trent’s Mill News: A time to celebrate the Boy Scouts
Well, it’s time for our February column, updating you on all the things happening in and around Trents ...
Lifestyles
Happy To Be Here: Questioning an established authority
For those who have wondered: Yes, I am still working my way through the dictionary. I started reading ...
Lifestyles
Devotional: Home is where the heart is
The idea of home is a strong, persistent theme in human hearts. Home is where the heart is. ...
Lifestyles
Edward Strickler: Farmville deals with ‘the case of the telltale litter’
There is a lot of litter around Farmville. Maybe most people don’t ‘see’ it. But once my husband ...
Opinion
Farmville Pride: Here’s why we need this in Central Virginia
Let’s talk about Farmville Pride. My life consists of eighteen years growing up and coming of age in ...
Lifestyles
Devotional: James 3 proves that talk is cheap
You may have heard it said, “talk is cheap”. According to James 3, the tongue is very powerful ...
Opinion
Tammy Mulchi: A look at my first week in the Assembly
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of columns from newly elected Virginia State Sen. Tammy ...
Lifestyles
The Word: What do we feed our souls?
Our family loves breakfast food. We like cinnamon rolls on a lazy Saturday morning, and eggs and bacon ...
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Time to tell the story of Big Bob & Hampden-Sydney
It was with considerable distress that I recently discovered in a Christmas card from an old friend that ...
Lifestyles
Mother Nature’s Column: Stillness and quiet
For my family, the period from Halloween until the end of the year can be a wild, crazy, ...
Lifestyles
The Word: “From one degree of glory to another”
“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same ...
Lifestyles
Devotional: For God alone, my soul waits in silence
“For God alone, my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him.” Psalm 62.5 Perhaps you ...
Lifestyles
Devotional: Taking to heart the admonitions of Paul
This is my first contribution to the Devotional column. Honestly, it is with a little bit of “fear ...
Lifestyles
The Word: ACTS
Early in 1811 a young Frenchman, Jean Vianney, left his convalescent hospital bed to report to the recruiting ...
Lifestyles
TV Review: Doctor Death Season 2
I am a big true crime podcast fan and one of the most consistently interesting series has been ...
Opinion
Cainan Townsend: Moton Museum will be making history again
Happy New Year from the Moton Museum. As 2023 ended, we had much to be grateful for. Now ...
Lifestyles
The Word: ‘Ye must press forward’
Happy New Year! Over the holiday break, I rode my bike on the High Bridge Trail. It had ...
Lifestyles
Through the garden Gate: Quiet in the Garden
During the height of the pandemic, baby Anca and I would sit on the porch steps and listen ...
Lifestyles
Happy to be here: Here comes the sun
We experienced our shortest day and longest night on the winter solstice, Dec. 21. In Farmville, sunrise that ...
Lifestyles
Devotional: Let’s take a look at the Book of Ruth
Happy New Year! In the spirit of newness, I want to take a theme from my last devotional ...