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PeaceVoice

America’s peril: The rot of anti-intellectualism and demagoguery is costing us our future    Jared O. Bell As a kid, my favorite part of grocery shopping…

NURSE JUDY’S NOOK

Let’s pretend it’s meJudy Conlin I told you about my photo shoot and how disappointed I was when the photographer showed me a few of…

Grace Notes

Living as ‘beloved rescued ones’ Nancy Kennedy Last week I met with a local Catholic priest, Fr. Ken Malley, who showed me a map of…

Home Country

Slim Randles Have you been counting the minutes until election day when your neighbors can remove all those campaign signs from their lawns for another…

Today Can Be Different

Pray for our wounded veterans and their familiesSheryl Boldt Four-year-old Susie jumps out of her hiding spot. “Peek-a-Boo!” Expecting a fun reaction, the tiny girl…

Grace Notes

Grace worth talking aboutNancy Kennedy Editor’s note: This is adapted from a 2013 Grace Notes column.Lately I’ve noticed people — not just Christians — talking…

7 ways to honor active military and veterans

Special to The HeraldMetrocreative A major portion of the North American population is comprised of people who are actively serving in the Armed Forces or…

Home Country

Slim Randles  I think there must be autumnal reasons for Halloween being hued in orange and black. It’s a fun time, a magic evening if…

PeaceVoice

Turning back from the brink of nuclear war Lawrence S. Wittner  Early this year, legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the U.S.…