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It started with a golden-colored cantaloupe purchased on a sultry summer day in 1943 in a Midwestern city. A woman named Mary, a Bacteriologist at the local agricultural lab, selected the ripe fruit for the mold growing greenish-blue on its navel. Along with her colleagues,  she was in search of ...

Rubye and her sisters, Ruth and Rose, have all surpassed 100 years: Rubye by a decade. The sisters lived through the two world wars, influenza and polio epidemics, the development of modern travel–so many  “firsts.” These ladies have enjoyed long, productive lives for sure! And they are not alone. In ...

I have to assume I’m not the only person to wonder what God wants from me. In fact, I’ve even heard my father say, “I wonder what I’m going to do when I grow up.” It’s a chronic plague among humans to always feel at the bottom of the ladder. ...