Category: Lifestyle
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Voting Election 2024
For months I have struggled with how to manage this election. I have hesitated to share my opinion because I try to respect others’ personal opinions, but I also have a right to share my thoughts—that is what we are guaranteed by our US Constitution. This election year feels precarious. I feel…
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I-70 Sports Link: KC Chiefs & KC Royals
Panic settled upon me after hearing how driven the state of Kansas has become in its effort to lure, entice, kidnap the KC Chiefs across state lines. Wouldn’t that be a federal offense? The same sense of panic sat in when Jackson County failed to renew the tax for the KC…
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Time to review Missouri’s school calendar
The frigid, snowy, icy start of 2024 is causing havoc with the Missouri schools. In three weeks and heading into a fourth, schools have not been in session with any consistency. And what is happening? Student growth is plateaued at best. At the worst, student growth is sliding downhill just like the…
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Advent Thoughts: Week 4
Today is Christmas Eve and the fourth Sunday in Advent. Not much time between today and tomorrow, Christmas Day, which ends Advent, therefore, we finish Matt Rawle’s Experiencing Christmas: Christ in the Sights and Sounds of Advent. We have five senses by which we experience life: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. When I…
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Advent Reflections: Week 3
Here it is the third week of Advent and the last week to do all those holiday chores of which baking is probably my favorite. Baking those cookies, breads, and meals makes the season not to mention how delightful the house smells. This week Matt Rawle focuses on the taste of…
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Advent Thoughts: Week 2
Welcome to the second week of Advent. The first week the theme is hope. The second week focuses on peace; and this year we know peace is fragile as we witness the horrors in Europe and the Mideast. Please use extra prayer time to call for peace. The reflections this week are based…
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Two sides of greatest gift: Giving love, receiving love
During the past few months, I have had the honor of officiating at two funerals, and yesterday I attended a third funeral. There is one resounding principle that keeps ringing in my ears: the greatest gift ever is love. Yesterday’s funeral was for a member of my church family of 28 years. I…
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Learning to restructure into retirement lifestyle
Currently, I am sitting on the deck on a bright sunny day with the shade trees keeping me cool, and the birds providing a delightful symphony. Life is good. During the past two months, I have had random thoughts race through my brain but struggled to figure out how to put…
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Handling a Cultural Shift
The Introduction Today is one of those transitional days. We are honoring our dads and their influences in our lives, and we are closing out spring and moving into true summer. It is interesting how we mark our calendars and how pivotal days like today keep us connected to traditions and guides…
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