Robson Ranch Ladies Social Club Awards Scholarships

Robson Ranch Ladies Social Club Awards Scholarships

Stained Glass Club Member Spotlight: Pamela Swartz

Virtues in Action: Peacefulness

Summer with the Fine Arts Guild

Robson Ranch Ladies Social Club Awards Scholarships

Scholarship recipients, left to right: Layla Brown, Emilee Brown, Gabriela Galaviz Bonnie Carnagey On May 4, the Robson Ranch Arizona Ladies Social Club (RRALSC) proudly awarded three $1,500 scholarships to…

August 2025, Clubs & Classes

Stained Glass: Past, Present, and Future

Julie White The history of stained glass goes back to ancient times. Stained glass originally served to teach churchgoers about biblical history. Some of the earliest examples of colorful glass originated in Mesopotamia in the ancient Middle East. Colored glass was found in the city of Nineveh in ancient Assyria. It dates to the seventh…

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Religion, August 2025

What Is the Gospel?

Pastor Larry Sundin, Rock Springs Church What is the Gospel? What is this good news that’s supposed to be at the heart of Christianity? Originally, the term “gospel” was a secular word in the Greek language that an official was sent to announce back at the capitol: namely that there had been a victory on…

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Features, August 2025

Word of the Month: Balkanization

David Zapatka This comment was printed in a recent news article: “Taleblu warned against Western attempts to divide the country. ‘The way to unite the Iranian population is not to talk about balkanization,’ he said. ‘That would be an own goal of moral and strategic proportions.’” Balkanize—bal·​kan·​ize verb 1: to break up (a region, a…

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August 2025, Features

Living Retired: The “Joy” of Aging

Gary Chalk My wife, Jan, and I recently hosted two couples we have been friends with for many years. When we picked the date, we agreed instead of our usual evening dinner get-togethers, to make it a lunch so our friends did not have to drive home in the dark. It’s called aging. Aging was…

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