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November 29, 2021 Travis Mewhirter

Home: Where everything is different, yet everything is the same

HAMPSTEAD, Md. – It was early, and cold, no less than a 30-degree drop from the balmy and humid southern

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February 7, 2021 Travis Mewhirter

Sunday Reflections: Everybody needs a place to play in, and pray in

Last February, on a winding, 10-day trip through Florida that began in Tallahassee and took me to Orlando, Gainesville, Deland

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January 16, 2021 Travis Mewhirter

Sunday Reflections: Even Superman is human

My favorite week of the year, for as long as I can remember, typically came in August, just before fall

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January 3, 2021 Travis Mewhirter

Sunday Reflections: Dave Portnoy, the Real MVP of 2020, my Person of the Year

I almost swore off Twitter a month or so ago. The site was toxic, loud, lots of yelling in all

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December 27, 2020 Travis Mewhirter

The stories I write when I cannot sleep

For the majority of the past decade, my favorite Christmas present has been the same: The latest edition of the

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December 20, 2020 Travis Mewhirter

The best five books I read in 2020, highlighted by Greenlights

I’m a reader. If you’re reading this blog, you probably already knew that. My love for writing was preceded, as

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December 13, 2020 Travis Mewhirter

2020, and the strange intersection of faith and politics

I had one of the more bizarre interactions I’ve had in quite some time the other day. Not that this

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November 22, 2020 Travis Mewhirter

Sunday Bible Study: Bringing peace to an increasingly unpeaceful world

This morning, Delaney and I were asked to speak at her church, via Zoom. Typically, I don’t actually write any

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November 19, 2020 Travis Mewhirter

Stealing Fire

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK – We stole fire. Well, we didn’t steal it, steal it. Didn’t pick it up and move

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September 30, 2020 Travis Mewhirter

Becoming Rudy

By now, many of you likely know about the King of the Beach that a few of us – a

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In Praise of Solitude

May 4, 2023 Travis Mewhirter

I’ve always loved solitary pursuits. When I was younger, and basketball was my obsession, there were few greater feelings than

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Monday Musing: Riley McKibbin, momentum, and objects staying in motion

February 28, 2022 Travis Mewhirter
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Becoming Rudy

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A new season of life begins

April 1, 2020 Travis Mewhirter

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