Home / Dwight Widaman

Author Archives: Dwight Widaman

Funeral homes struggle with Covid-19 gear and regulations

funeral covid-19

Countless organizations and individuals have stepped up to meet the needs of the state’s first responders during the Covid-19 pandemic. Less attention has been paid to the last responders – the state’s ...

Read More »

More Palestinian citizens publicly supporting Israel annexation

Palestinians are now talking openly of  accepting the peace deal being offered by Israel. Tired of years of conflict, failed promises by their own leaders and increasing frustration by Arab countries, many ...

Read More »

Suspect in murder of retired St. Louis officer previously convicted but never served time

Stephan Cannon, who was arrested this week for the alleged murder of retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn, was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2014 but never spent a ...

Read More »

Family honors memory of George Floyd at ‘homegoing’

George Floyd’s was remembered as a “Superman” by family members at a homegoing service punctuated by spirited praise and worship and a good dose of politics inside Fountain of Praise Church in ...

Read More »

Hundreds turn out at memorial for retired black police officer killed by looter

dorn

Hundreds of people gathered on June 9 to pay their respects to the family of David Dorn, a retired St. Louis police captain who was gunned down by a looter while trying ...

Read More »

City Union Mission partners with Swope Health to test homeless for Covid-19

All 94 individuals living in City Union Mission‘s long-term homeless facility have tested negative for Covid-19. That’s good news for them, and the homeless community which is considered the greatest at-risk health ...

Read More »

Another business exits Minneapolis after riots and looting

More businesses are leaving cities after mayors failed to protect them from looting. The latest is a Minnesota business owner, whose company was burned to the ground during last week’s violent riots ...

Read More »

Faith comes before politics for White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany

Kayleigh McEnany credits her strong faith for helping her thrive in her high-pressure job as White House press secretary. “I believe God put me in this place for a purpose and for ...

Read More »

Praying without masks, not looting, lands pro-life counselors in jail

In the midst of violent riots and looting in New York City, police have a PR problem on their hands in who they choose to arrest. But it’s not what you think. ...

Read More »

Here’s the NYT editorial by Sen. Tom Cotton the paper has now apologized for running and now called fascist

[Editor’s Note: Last week, the New York Times asked Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton to write an editorial on the recent violent protests and rioting. Cotton wrote about the importance of protecting lives ...

Read More »

Local church pays off $2.2 million of medical debt for strangers

The Summit Church in Lee’s Summit has helped erase $2.2 million in medical debt. “Medical debt is different than just paying off someone’s credit-card debt,” church member Kyle Mallott said. “It’s not ...

Read More »

McDowell wants to be first female Missouri Governor

mcdowell

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson now has more competition from his own party in his bid for a second term. Saundra McDowell, who ran for state auditor in 2018, has filed for the ...

Read More »

Kansas City mayor will enforce only the city’s more-lenient reopening guidelines

lucas reopening

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced he will enforce only the city’s reopening rules, not the more stringent ones from the state of Missouri. Even the liberal Kansas City star, which has ...

Read More »

Missouri officials: No new COVID-19 cases caused by Lake of the Ozarks pool parties

After what many considered a media-driven expectation of a spike in new Covid-19 cases after much-publicized pool parties at the Lake of the Ozarks on Memorial Day weekend, those reports now appear ...

Read More »

Kenyan man loses all after refusing Muslim demands to renounce Jesus

After converting to Christianity, Yasin Bakari, a father of two living in coastal Kenya, fears that he will be killed. He heard the Gospel in March and was moved enough to abandon ...

Read More »

Newest economic and employment numbers show strong rebound

economic employment

Today, President Donald Trump will deliver remarks on today’s remarkable employment report and sign H.R. 7010 – PPP Flexibility Act of 2020 in the Rose Garden of the White House. The economic ...

Read More »

“Violence is not the answer,” T.D. Jakes and Carl Lentz discuss racism

Bishop T.D. Jakes joined Carl Lentz, lead pastor of Hillsong Church in New York City, for a powerful online discussion about the violent protests over the death of George Floyd. Lentz said ...

Read More »

Lockdowns may be permanently damaging mental health of children

As lockdowns ease, many parents are still wondering if they will be able to send their children to church camp or if they’ll continue to spend time in lockdown. With children already ...

Read More »

Men’s ministry TGIW uses technology to turn crisis into opportunity

tgiw

Thousands of men throughout Kansas City and beyond have gathered each week to learn, pray and hold each other accountable since TGIW (Teaching God’s Infinite Wisdom) began in 2001. The ministry that ...

Read More »

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Just Mercy’ and the pursuit of real justice

just mercy

Just Mercy is based on a book of the same name written by the Bryan Stevenson, a legal advocate who’s spent the better part of three decades crusading for the rights and ...

Read More »

Democrat Valerie Plame, Republican Steve King lose primaries

Two high-profile candidates, who were tainted by racism and anti-Semitism, lost their bids in Tuesday’s primaries to serve in the U.S. Congress. Valerie Plame and Steve King suffered resounding defeats. In New ...

Read More »

Two minority and one white officer charged in death of George Floyd

george officers

Three additional police officers at the scene of George Floyd‘s death, including one white officer and two minority officers, have been charged and arrested. Officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck ...

Read More »

Black pastor on Israeli television defends Trump tweets, says American media unfair

israeli tweets

Pastor Darrell Scott, CEO of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump, told an Israeli television network that people have selective hearing when it comes to President Donald Trump’s tweets about the George ...

Read More »

Slavic Gospel Association helping hard-hit families in Russia as infections rise

russia infections

A U.S.-based mission to Russia and the former Soviet Union has distributed more than 500,000 meals to desperate families as Russia’s coronavirus infections hit a new high. Russia has jumped to third ...

Read More »

Brother of George Floyd calls out rioters: “He would not want you to be doing this”

While violent rioting and rampant unrest continue to sweep across the United States, George Floyd’s younger brother is begging for the violence to stop. “Do this peacefully, please,” he pleaded on Monday as ...

Read More »
X
X