Hello Tom,
Thank you for getting back to me. The two posts might be the solution. If you have a better solution or any ideas, I would welcome any suggestions. I bought this plugin because of your amazing work with GP. Basically, I want to display a static featured post for a specific post. Then I want the other 2-3 posts to change as they get updated. I would like to frame the background of the posts without images if possible.
Here is a mock-up of what I am looking to accomplish: 
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