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By Ashlie Miller When was the last time you were gobsmacked by love as a recipient or by learning of someone else’s love for another? I’m not talking about another predictable Hallmark love story or a ...

For generations of Jews, the Shabbat represented an unbreakable freedom. They knew every new Pharaoh was a phony, and that no ...

Former NFL fullback Heath Evans explained how he came to realize he wasn’t living a Christian life when he thought he ...

Eldora Lorna Hansen, age 99 ½, passed away Thursday, February 06, 2025 at the Good Samaritan Society, Scotland, SD.  Funeral services will be 10:30 am, Saturday, February 15, 2025 at Salem Free ...

Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.

What keeps you from loving others the way you, yourself, crave to be loved? And conversely, what’s lacking in your life (or more accurately, in your heart) that keeps you ...

Philadelphia Eagles rookie defensive back Cooper DeJean had a lot to celebrate on Feb. 9. Not only did he become a Super ...

I was in Costco with my wife and looking around I said, “There sure are a lot of flowers today.” In about two seconds it hit me. Valentine’s ...

Captain America: Brave New World marks the penultimate movie release of Phase 5 of the MCU which marks the midway point of The Multiverse Saga.