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Been Thinkin' About... Big trucks and farmers all
The strength of myth is not in its falsity, but rather its truth hiding in plain sight.
Joshua Heston
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Amelia's impact
Not to be deterred, back in Atchison, Amelia, Grace and her favorite uncle secretly built their own roller coaster off the roof of the...
Bob Ford
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Reflections: Jesus is the Light
We must be careful, though. In 2 Corinthians 11:14, the Apostle Paul warns that Satan masquerades as an “angel of light.”
Cynthia J. Thomas
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Dave Says: Hitting your goals means planning your goals
The first guideline is to be specific. What do you want to achieve? And be super specific when you answer that question.
Dave Ramsey
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Reader's Corner: Fall prevention at Learning on Wednesday
Would you like to start the New Year by taking a proactive step toward safety and good health? Mark your calendar now for Learning on...
Submitted to Branson Globe
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Reflections: Do I need a sign?
Mary also gets a Gabriel visit, telling her she will become pregnant and bear the Son of God. Knowing she hasn’t experienced...
Cynthia J. Thomas
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Stock Market Insights: Stocks upside potential in 2025
Looking back, 2024 was another good year for stocks. Stocks were driven higher by AI technology, feisty consumers whose spending...
Dr. Richard Baker
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Yester Year's Echoes: Is it still the 'Chamber Tax'? Probably, but it doesn't have to be!
In its current form, if the “Chamber Tax” is to be called something else, it’s probably more accurate to call it a “Tourism Community....
Gary J. Groman
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Breakfast at Tiffany's: Don't cut the tree down
Much like trees in winter, many of us experience cold and bitter seasons of the soul. Circumstances consume us. Hope seems to fade.
Tiffany Gravett
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Dave Says: Compromises are part of marriage
There might be something in your past that bothers her, or something she doesn’t want you to revisit. There may even be feelings of...
Dave Ramsey
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The Christmas Conspiracy
Is it purely memory-based? Do we adults want our children to taste a little bit of what we experienced? I would say that is true for some...
Heather Haygood
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The shepherds in your manger scene – and our caring Shepherd
The baby the shepherds ran to see would become the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
Laurie Lemke Thompson
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Memories from the Homestead: George Rhodes was popular on KWTO
This led me down another goose chase, all I wanted to know was whatever became of George Rhodes. All of a sudden, doing a few online...
John Fullerton
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A Christmas miracle 80 years ago
Bastogne was a key engagement in the Battle of the Bulge, the largest on the European front during World War II...
Jim Zbick
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Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: Baked mallard for Christmas
Charley and his wife were in their early sixties. Neither knew the young seventeen-year-old kid who stood there before them in ragged overal
Larry Dablemont
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A Christmas truce: Peach on Earth
Kaiser William II of Germany, for morale, decided to send hundreds of Tannenbaum trees to his troops who were in deep trenches enduring...
Bob Ford
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Reader's Corner: Joanna's newest children's book
Children will enjoy looking for the hidden lion in many of the illustrations while engaging with the easy-to-read text, described by one...
Cynthia J. Thomas
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Been Thinkin' About...The only place left
I remember how cold the air was in the lonely hospital garden that Saturday evening in late November. Winter arrives early on the central...
Joshua Heston
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Linking hypertension with 'Type A' personality
Without our Type As (seemingly driven and obsessed) people, nothing would ever get accomplished – perhaps.
Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Reflections: Gratitude in the unspectacular
Other times, there’s obvious cause for rejoicing—the miraculous survival of our preemie grandson, or even “small” blessings like...
Cynthia J. Thomas
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