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By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke Times
July 28, 2009
Summary: Retired Virginia National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Debra Weir grew to love Iraq and hopes its biblical heritage is preserved.
BOONES MILL — It’s been five months since Debra Weir returned from Iraq, but she still savors the taste of an ice-cold Coke unwarmed by the desert sun.
She likes [...]
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By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
July 12, 2009
Summary:
Holy Land USA in Bedford County reopened last year after a hiatus for repairs. For some, it’s a tourist attraction. For others, it’s a place for a spiritual journey.
BEDFORD — In the shadows of Golgotha, a group of Christians broke into song on a recent Saturday.
“Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. [...]
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Focus on Faith
By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
07/11/09
Since 1972, thousands of Southwest Virginia’s children have passed through Holy Land USA on church field trips. I was one of them.
The second time I boarded a bus and rumbled through Robert Johnson’s scale model of biblical sites in Israel, I was 37 and employed as The Roanoke [...]
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Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
May 16, 2009
I can’t remember whose idea it was to perm my hair the day before my baptism at the age of 12.
While the words of the preacher and the sensations of immersion have long since faded from memory, a few images remain crystal clear.
I can still picture the baptismal tank [...]
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By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
May 17, 2009
Summary: Religious leaders are embracing new ways to tend to their online flocks.
Welcome to the online church/synagogue/mosque of the 21st century.
Here you can follow congregants’ “tweets” about sermons delivered at Westwinds Community Church by Michigan pastor John Voelz.
Log on to Texas pastor Laura Heikes’ podcast sermons — one [...]
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By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
July 12, 2009
Summary:
Holy Land USA in Bedford County reopened last year after a hiatus for repairs. For some, it’s a tourist attraction. For others, it’s a place for a spiritual journey.
BEDFORD — In the shadows of Golgotha, a group of Christians broke into song on a recent Saturday.
“Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. [...]
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Focus on Faith
By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
07/11/09
Since 1972, thousands of Southwest Virginia’s children have passed through Holy Land USA on church field trips. I was one of them.
The second time I boarded a bus and rumbled through Robert Johnson’s scale model of biblical sites in Israel, I was 37 and employed as The Roanoke [...]
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Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
May 16, 2009
I can’t remember whose idea it was to perm my hair the day before my baptism at the age of 12.
While the words of the preacher and the sensations of immersion have long since faded from memory, a few images remain crystal clear.
I can still picture the baptismal tank [...]
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By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
May 17, 2009
Summary: Religious leaders are embracing new ways to tend to their online flocks.
Welcome to the online church/synagogue/mosque of the 21st century.
Here you can follow congregants’ “tweets” about sermons delivered at Westwinds Community Church by Michigan pastor John Voelz.
Log on to Texas pastor Laura Heikes’ podcast sermons — one [...]
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