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Reflections: Prayer and thanksgiving in the mundane
Those prayers are often recorded in my little devotional notebook, and I also occasionally go back and review...

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Memories from the Homestead: Hemphill recalls her memories with the Rosses at Garber
Here's Mary Hemphill's statements from a letter she wrote to the White River Valley Historical Society in 1975 sharing the details...

John Fullerton
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Reflections: Staying grounded in truth
In the Bible, the writer of Ecclesiastes says there is “nothing new under the sun” (1:9, NIV). That seems to be especially true regarding...

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Dave Says: Think with your head (and a calculator), not your heart
A few of them offer the use of a newer, high-quality car for very little money per month, with no hidden catches.

Dave Ramsey
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Stock Market Insights: U.S. stock markets suffer losses, tech stocks hit hardest
Though U.S. stock markets entered the year with near all-time highs, they suffered losses in the first quarter ending March 31st.

Dr. Richard Baker
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Glore Psychiatric Museum: The devices [Part 2]
You will be staggered by some of the perverse devices “professionals” used to treat people.

Bob Ford
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Reader’s Corner: ‘She Is Possible’
Each chapter of “She Is Possible” draws from the story of a woman in the Bible who faced seemingly impossible circumstances...

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Been Thinkin’ About…The shirt on the sink
Outside, the spring storms had raged. I watched the radar grimly, anticipating the social media reports of tornadoes and floods and loss.

Joshua Heston
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Breakfast at Tiffany's: The highest theology for a Christian leader
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the starting point from which Christian leadership is built. In “According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation..

Tiffany Gravett
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Anonymity is a coward’s way
“If that’s the case, Seagull, why should anyone take what you have to say at face-value?”

Gary J. Groman
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Why the Cross?
When Satan gets us to believe that nothing we do is sin, then there is no reason for the cross - no reason for what Christ did on the cross

Tiffany Gravett
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Pet health: Allergies in dogs
Dogs have a normal flora of bacteria and yeast on their skin as do people. When dogs itch badly enough, they cannot quit scratching...

Julie L. King, DVM
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Stock Market Insights: The economic shift and potential for global bond opportunities
The event that has put international bonds back into focus is Germany’s recent decision to change its government's economic policy...

Dr. Richard Baker
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Been thinkin’ about…The pear tree
The pear tree in the yard has leafed, shade dappled beneath an increasingly hot sun. Mist rose in the holler last night, turning the...

Joshua Heston
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Memories from the Homestead: Tin Pan Alley composition becomes Western classic
Feeling they had a hit in their hands, the trio took their song the next day to a number of Tin Pan Alley publishers. Everyone they...

John Fullerton
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Reflections: Who has strengthened you?
The book of Acts tells us much about how to share the gospel—building cross-cultural relationships, encouraging new believers, relying on...

Cynthia J. Thomas
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The Glore Psychiatric Museum: Gaslighting, close to home [Part 1]
In the late 1800s and early 1900s gaslighting was perfected by wealthy white men who wanted to separate from their wives...

Bob Ford
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For the love of Branson: The Branson family shows
You see, this entire town was built on the family show. Whether it was the Presleys, the Plummers, the Lowes, the Braschlers...
Marshall Howden
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Reader’s Corner: Hear from one of the “dam kids” at KAL, April 9
Many people residing or visiting in southwest Missouri enjoy doing so at least partly because of Table Rock Lake. And those younger than...

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Dave Says…You still need a will
All this stuff’s a real wake-up call, right? I know these kinds of things aren’t fun to think about—especially at your age. But thinking...

Dave Ramsey
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