We live in a highly frenzied world where order has been gobbled up by “the tyranny of the urgent”. The possibility of personal peace endlessly eludes us? We ask, “How can I ...
Read More »Crazy Rich Asians an updated Cinderella
Eleanor Young is not crazy. She’s also not to be trifled with. Just ask anyone who’s ever mistaken her quiet demeanor for passivity. Take, say, the manager of a posh London hotel ...
Read More »Restaurant changing neighborhood with every plate
It’s becoming one of Kansas City’s most popular lunch spots and changing a neighborhood in the process. What sets it apart from others are the prices. A month after opening, customers are ...
Read More »Huge aquarium planned for famous Branson theater
A grand redevelopment could be in the works for what was once one of the most iconic theaters in Missouri’s biggest tourist destination, Branson. Thursday the Branson Board of Alderman heard a ...
Read More »Three Missouri Catholic dioceses ask Hawley to investigate
The Catholic dioceses Kansas City-St. Joseph, of St. Louis, and Jefferson City have asked the Missouri Attorney General’s office to investigate whether their clergy members have committed sexual abuse. Attorney General Josh ...
Read More »Coach Tony Dungy helping players and kids find their voice
Legendary NFL coach Tony says one of the reasons he believes God has him working as a sports analyst is “to be the voice” for Christian players who want to speak about ...
Read More »Rascal Flatts members talk about raising kids in the faith
Rascal Flatts member Jay DeMarcus says he and his wife Allison are raising their children Christian because it’s important to have a foundation in Jesus. DeMarcus is a father of two Dylan, 6, and ...
Read More »Church is hard work, not a private jet
We don’t like inconvenience, do we? Let’s face it–if you had a choice of an easy path or a rocky one, which would you take? Many would choose the path of least ...
Read More »Moving on: Dealing with disappointment
Family members disappoint. Friends disappoint. Churches disappoint. We disappoint ourselves. Disappointment is not easy to live through. It is real and will visit you from time to time. Learning to live and ...
Read More »Kansas man also filmed up skirts of women at church
Court records say a Wichita State University student who’s accused of taking more than a dozen up-the-skirt videos of women on campus also filmed unsuspecting people at a church and in a ...
Read More »‘Little Women’ joins ‘Unbroken’ in top family films for September
The storylines of Unbroken and Little Women share more than just good family entertainment. They’re both a look into the times when war affected not only soldiers but the families left at ...
Read More »Looking for a way to serve in your second season of life?
If you’ve come to the point in your life, where you are ready to do something in the “eternal” sense and have developed a sense of longing to please God, there’s a ...
Read More »So what does Cohen guilty plea really mean?
President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen is facing prison time after he pled guilty on eight counts of financial fraud, tax evasion, and other violations. The plea came after what some ...
Read More »Missouri expands website to watch government spending
Missouri citizens will now have an expanded ability to check-up on state government and it’s spending habits. A new public-facing portal for state monetary data aims to be a significant update on ...
Read More »Two charged in Church of the Resurrection shooting
Two men have been charged in a shooting that erupted after a high school graduation at United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood. The May 17 shooting wounded two people, including ...
Read More »Consumers fear tech will increase loneliness
It’s hard to know what the future will bring, but a majority of US consumers think that five decades from now, we’ll all be overly dependent on tech and spend less time ...
Read More »Apple to launch cheaper laptop
Some consider it the standard in laptops. Now Apple will release a new low-cost MacBook Air laptop and a professional-focused upgrade to the Mac mini desktop later this year. The move is seen ...
Read More »Parents tell school district to stay out of sack lunches
Parents of children at a Missouri school are fighting back after the school district announced it was banning fast food from being eaten on campus during school hours. But it appears it’s ...
Read More »Illegal immigrant charged in murder of Iowa college student
An illegal immigrant from Mexico has confessed to kidnapping college student Mollie Tibet’s while she was running in her small Iowa hometown killing her and dumping her body in a cornfield, authorities ...
Read More »Museum of the Bible returns medieval manuscript
Each year numerous and well known museums discover items they owned were once stolen and belong to someone else. Most of these cases result in the museums suing to keep their collection, ...
Read More »Mistrial declared in majority of charges against Manafort
In what some consider a stunning rebuke to the prosecution by Robert Mueller’s team, a judge has declared a mistrial on 10 of 18 charges faced by Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s ...
Read More »Jury may be hung in Manafort trial
The jury may be hung in deliberations over the trial of Paul Manafort. A note was sent to the judge in the case that asks what to do if it cannot reach ...
Read More »Missouri News Briefs
Missouri news briefs. Short and sweet. Former top Missouri democrat accused of lavish spending with campaign dough A former prosecutor and chairman of Missouri’s Democratic Party is set to be sentenced next ...
Read More »Kansas News Briefs
Here are the latest Kansas news briefs. Short and sweet. Two men killed in golf cart The Dickinson County sheriff says two men are dead after a golf cart they were ...
Read More »Last known WWII Nazi deported from U.S.
He was known to authorities for almost two decades yet no previous American president, Republican or Democrat, chose to bring him to justice–until now. A man who authorities believe is the last ...
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