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As our Christian Holy Week comes to a close, please worship our Savior as He taught us: love your enemies as well as your friends, care for those who are unable to care for themselves, and welcome strangers with open arms. In Sunday School this morning, I taught how the three major religions – Christianity,…

It is now sunset on April 5th, the start of Passover. If you were not lucky enough to be invited to a seder, take a moment to reflect how this Jewish holiday celebrates the same story of Exodus that Christians worship in what we call the Old Testament and Muslims worship in their Quran. We…

The purpose of government is to do for people what they cannot do for themselves. Hubert Humphrey

To paraphrase former President Reagan: well, there they go again! Once again, the replacement of Burton Center for Arts and Technology (BCAT) has been moved down the list of capital projects being funded despite both the Board of Supervisors and Board of Education calling it a top priority. Their “top priority” has increased in cost…

Today marks the start of Ramadan, the holiest month of the Muslim calendar – it ends April 21st (there’s is a lunar calendar). Our Muslim neighbors will be fasting from sunrise to sunset, so please be understanding.

An article in today’s Roanoke Times details how Governor Youngkin recognizes that our mental health system needs to be “transformed”. His position is that there are inadequate services for people before a situation escalates into a crisis. This demonstrates that he does not understand mental illness or its victims. Youngkin, of course, is reacting to…

First, they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade…

Yesterday, I attended the Roanoke County 200 Plan presentation at South County Library. Regarding development, the plan is to “preserve certain existing suburban and rural neighborhoods by changing the future land use designation to Neighborhood Conservation and Rural Village” and to “study and streamline the development process to ensure efficiency.” To accomplish this, the plan…

Republicans are determined to label Democratic policies woke, as though that is a bad thing, but what does that mean? According to the Cambridge Online Dictionary, woke is an adjective meaning “aware, especially of social problems such as racism and inequality.” In other words, awake. How is that an insult? That Republicans object to woke…