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  • Finding Hope in These Trying Times

    Finding Hope in These Trying Times10

    It was Election Day, and I was working in the DL Campus Coffee Shop, a church-affiliated establishment on Front Royal’s Main Street. A confession: I don’t write in this café because of its Jesus posters and religious music but because it’s quiet, the staff is pleasant, and patrons generally avoid bellowing into their phones as

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  • Finding Hope in America

    Finding Hope in America0

    In a time when America and its history are under assault, I recently found hope and inspiration in a visit to Virginia’s Historic Triangle: Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. At all three of these historical places I found much-needed relief from months of rioting and our poisonous political atmosphere. Everywhere I went – the Jamestown Settlement

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  • Finding Hope in a Dark Time

    Finding Hope in a Dark Time0

    There’s something about sorrow, pain, and suffering that make an individual and his thoughts more poignant, mature, and full of meaning. No one likes to suffer. Yet there is something beautiful, almost hopeful that comes out of loss and difficult times. I thought about this while reflecting on the words of the Advent hymn, “O

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  • Finding Hope as Gas Prices Rise and Society Tanks

    Finding Hope as Gas Prices Rise and Society Tanks5

    I wince inwardly while sailing past the gas station on my way to work. The price has gone up since I last drove by it … yesterday. In fact, the price seems to go up about 10 cents a day lately. At that rate, by the end of summer it will be … no, I

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  • Finding Freedom From Fear In Anxious Times

    Finding Freedom From Fear In Anxious Times0

    Fear. Nervousness. Anxiety. If you are lucky enough to avoid these feelings dominating your person right now and turning a few more hairs gray, then you can likely still smell them in the air and see them in the actions of those around you. It doesn’t matter which political party people align themselves with. Liberals’

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  • Finding COVID-19’s True Fatality Rate

    Finding COVID-19’s True Fatality Rate0

    Early reports from January painted a grim picture about just how deadly the coronavirus was. Initially, the World Health Organization estimated that the percentage of infected individuals who die from COVID-19 was 3.4 percent. That statistic is called the infection fatality rate (IFR) – or colloquially, the death rate – and means that for every

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