by Sara Hook | May 18, 2024 | Cover
WHEN LOOKING for a place of peace, beauty, history, and learning, few think of a cemetery – but that is just what the Old City Cemetery Museums and Arboretum is. Home to a 27-acre public garden, multiple small museums, and a wedding venue, the cemetery is one of...
by Gabriel Huff | Apr 20, 2024 | Cover
DRIVING DOWN Commerce Street, one will see plenty of businesses — restaurants, an investment service, an attorney’s office, a coffee house, a massage place, and more. However, if one is fortunate enough, a set of bright red double doors might catch their eye, causing...
by Dave Lenehan | Mar 16, 2024 | Cover
NATURE IS no stranger to poetry. Writers for centuries have used poems to picture the flora and fauna around us, often expressing it in near-romantic terms. For Professor Laura-Gray Street, surface descriptions of nature, while certainly stirring and emotional, may...
by Sara Hook | Feb 17, 2024 | Cover
WHEN DISASTER strikes, causing families to experience homelessness, Miriam’s House is there to help them get back on their feet. The nonprofit was founded in 1994 to provide housing for women and families without homes. Since then, the program has grown exponentially,...
by Paige Cushman | Jan 20, 2024 | Cover
NELSON MANDELA famously said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” The story of University of Lynchburg student Shukria Rezayi (not her real name, for security) paints a powerful picture of what Afghani women will do to wield...
by Richard Klin | Dec 23, 2023 | Cover
DR. DANA Woody of Liberty University is a professor of nursing with a doctor of nursing practice concentrated in executive leadership. Her background is in community nursing. It is a mission she has taken very much to heart. In conjunction with the Salvation Army, she...
