While this year’s NFL draft drew national network coverage and hoopla galore, a story that remained in the background concerned the faith of #1 pick Trevor Lawrence. I learned of it after the first round, when a Christian news service ran a story under the headline: “The community that helped build Trevor Lawrence.” It told…
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Earlier this year, West Virginia made national news headlines for leading the nation in the percentage of residents being vaccinated against the coronavirus. Now that the low-hanging fruit has been picked, the hard work comes. Namely, getting a large enough percentage vaccinated to promote herd immunity. And, protect society from the kind of resurgence that…
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I’ve often thought if scammers would dedicate their time and talent to productive pursuits, it might raise the nation’s GDP by several percentage points. Of course, phony fund-raising letters, million-dollar payout promises, and the like have been around for years. But a rather scary story in the latest AARP Bulletin, “Lessons from Inside the Fraud…
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The legislation brewing in Congress may seem innocuous. It even has a benevolent name: Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. After President Joe Biden endorsed it last week in his presidential address to Congress, you’ll be hearing more about it in weeks to come. However, unless its poison pill is removed, I hope it…
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On a recent magazine assignment, I heard a fascinating story about a Christian leader’s experience while working in a major corporate environment. During board meetings, she would pray and ask the Holy Spirit for ideas, which she later brought up to her colleagues. Afterwards, some would approach to ask about the source of her out-of-the-box…
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I wish it had been an April Fool’s joke, but this month marks the first time in nearly two centuries there will not be an issue of the Western Recorder. The newspaper was a weekly affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention (KBC). I began writing for it regularly after my wife and I moved to…
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While the IRS postponing the tax return deadline a month will make millions breathe easier today, I’m more concerned with the time change. Yes, it’s been a month since we moved our clocks forward on that Sunday morning I always dread. But the week after is so bad the effects still linger. It happens every…
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If everything goes according to plan, next week I will get my second dose of the Moderna vaccine. When the government started rolling out vaccinations in late 2020, my main concern was getting inoculated by the first week of May. Unfortunately, that target date recently became irrelevant with the cancellation of our trip to an…
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With the world as fractured as it is politically and so many other ways, the preparations for Easter on Apr. 4 may seem like an exercise in futility. At least, when it comes to sharing stories of hope. However, in the midst of great upheaval always come stories of God’s grace. They are the kind…
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Nearly a year after widespread lockdowns halted in-person services, good news in the church world has been in short supply. Some congregations still aren’t meeting amid pandemic fears, and morale is low in many places. That’s why I found a recent story about an unusual cross-denominational gift to be so encouraging. “AG Camp Receives Unexpected…
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