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At this time of year, when various weather conditions exist at seemingly opposite ends of the spectrum, homes, businesses and residents in some parts of the U.S. deal with contrasting natural disasters. News from the western edge of American right now focuses on wildfires —

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Heroes come in many forms

June 8, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

Heroes come in many forms, and so do heroes’ farewells. The news carries a photo of an aging Golden Retriever named Bretagne (pronounced “Brittany”), believed to be the last surviving 9/11 Ground Zero search dog. (See story at http://austin.blog.statesman.com/2016/06/07/watch-last-living-911-search-dog-saluted-while-walking-into-texas-vet-office-for-the-last-time/.) The story announced that Bretagne was

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Sometimes doing something life-changing gets even bigger

May 11, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

The cnn.com headline was compelling: “Boy who grew out hair for cancer patients faces stage 4 diagnosis.” And the true story lived up to the headline. A 7-year-old named Vinny Desautel had indeed let his red hair grow long — shoulder-length — with the blessing

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World catastrophes should be prayer-triggers

April 20, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

The news just days ago that a massive earthquake had left nearly 500 people dead and even more than that still missing caught my attention. Catastrophes happen regularly all across the globe and most of us barely notice such news alerts. Some are manmade calamities

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Judy Taylor lived out her faith in action and attitude

April 6, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

The service on the campus of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar March 30 was planned as a celebration of a life well-lived in the service of Judy Taylor’s family, church and the university. She died March 26. Since she and husband C. Pat Taylor first

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Determination characterizes Belgians in wake of pair of terrorist bombings

March 23, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

On the day after terrorists committed yet two more high-profile atrocities in the Belgian capital of Brussels, the city and the nation was doing its best to get back to normal. On March 22, twin explosions rocked the city’s main airport and downtown subway station,

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A good season for pope’s message of hope to prisoners

February 24, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

I spotted a blog this week by a fellow journalist, Jim Conley, retired city editor for the El Paso Times. Conley describes sitting in his living room in front of his TV watching Francis deliver a message on his first visit of the day to

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Shouldn’t presidential candidates act presidential?

February 10, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

As I write, the tallies are in for New Hampshire presidential primaries, barely a week after the Iowa caucuses. These events are heavily contested, as candidates jockey for position in hopes of becoming President of the United States. Strategies for primary success these days seem

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The day after the State of the Union Address

January 13, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

Today is the morning after President Obama’s final State of the Union Address. And the news – particularly on the Internet — is flooded with reaction, analysis, interpretation, criticism and praise. Nothing new there.

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Jerry Falwell Jr.’s call for students to arm themselves against Muslims is troubling

December 9, 2015

author: Ken Satterfield

Two days after the San Bernardino, Calif., shootings last week, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. called on students to arm themselves with concealed weapons and be prepared to use them.

Fire and water produce simultaneous catastrophes across country

Heroes come in many forms

Sometimes doing something life-changing gets even bigger

World catastrophes should be prayer-triggers

Judy Taylor lived out her faith in action and attitude

Determination characterizes Belgians in wake of pair of terrorist bombings

A good season for pope’s message of hope to prisoners

Shouldn’t presidential candidates act presidential?

The day after the State of the Union Address

Jerry Falwell Jr.’s call for students to arm themselves against Muslims is troubling

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