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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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: ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How to Watch Big South College Basketball Games – Wednesday, December 4
Big South squads are on Wednesday’s college basketball schedule for one game, the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs taking on…
How to Watch A-10 College Basketball Games – Wednesday, December 4
A-10 teams will hit the court in five games on Wednesday’s college basketball schedule. That includes the Georgia…
VCU Women’s Basketball’s 2025 NCAA Tournament Outlook
What are VCU’s chances of making the 2025 NCAA Tournament? See our bracketology preview below, where we break…
Richmond Women’s Basketball’s 2025 NCAA Tournament Outlook
If you’re seeking a bracketology breakdown of Richmond and its chances of making the 2025 NCAA Tournament, see…
Longwood Women’s Basketball’s 2025 NCAA Tournament Outlook
What are Longwood’s chances of reaching the 2025 NCAA Tournament? See our bracketology preview below, where we break…