September 26, 2022 Columns, Faith, Israel, News
L’shanah Tovah to all! That’s Happy New Year! This week is Rosh Hashanah, or New Year, for the Jewish community. Marking the passage of a time and a new year is important. ...
Read More » January 24, 2022 Columns, Go Deep
Once, when the people of God had become careless in their relationship with Him, the Lord rebuked them through the prophet Haggai. “Consider your ways!” (Haggai 1:5) he declared, urging them to ...
Read More » January 4, 2022 Columns, Faith, Find God, News
The holidays and new year are a perfect time to reflect and commit/recommit ourselves wholeheartedly to Jesus. Don’t allow your past to define you and your future! God delights in comebacks and ...
Read More » January 1, 2022 Faith, Find God, Lifestyles, News
Faith, along with health and finances, is one of the top three topics of American New Year’s resolutions, a Lifeway Research survey found. Forty-four percent of U.S. adults say they have made ...
Read More » December 30, 2021 News
For people who have trouble staying up until midnight to ring in the New Year, Kansas City’s Union Station is offering daytime alternatives this Friday. Science City’s annual New Year’s event, Noon ...
Read More » December 29, 2021 Finances, National, News, Politics & Policy
The pandemic, mandates, record inflation, runaway government spending and supply chain problems have created a shaky U.S. economy. As a result, financial institutions and leading economists have lowered their 2022 economic outlooks. ...
Read More » January 7, 2021 Columns, Faith, Lifestyles, News
Can a 15th-century Spanish nobleman named Ignatius offer lessons for succeeding at fulfilling our New Year resolutions? Making and breaking resolutions is a familiar and discouraging annual ritual for many people. Almost ...
Read More » January 4, 2021 Church & Ministry, Culture Watch, News
The COVID pandemic has exposed a flaw in many U.S. churches, Pastor Rick Warren says. “Most churches only have one purpose — worship,” Warren told “Relevant” magazine. “And if you take worship ...
Read More » December 7, 2020 Adoption & Fostering Annual Guide, Local, Respect Life
2020 has indeed been an interesting year. Yet in spite of our new “normal,” our overarching aim at Missouri Right to Life has remained the same: To turn hearts and minds toward ...
Read More » January 27, 2020 Columns, Politics & Policy
As 2020 begins, let me offer up something for all — show more grace. I can offer grace and hope you can do the same. Remember too that you don’t know what ...
Read More » January 16, 2020 Columns, Faith, Find God
The new year is an opportunity for a new start. I once heard about a leader that regularly took a block of time in December to engage in planning and goal setting ...
Read More » January 10, 2020 Columns, Lifestyles
New Year’s resolutions can seem, overall, pretty silly. No one ever sticks to them, no matter what plan or goal they set for themselves. Those 100 new members at your gym the ...
Read More » January 7, 2020 Faith, Find God, Local, News
Local pastor Malachi O’Brien is calling upon one million people to fast and pray for an awakening each year of this decade as part of the Roaring Twenties fast. “I just began ...
Read More » December 16, 2019 National, News
As the world rings in 2020, the debate begins if we’re actually entering a new decade. Some say this decade ends on Dec. 31, 2019, and the start of the new one ...
Read More » October 2, 2019 News, World
One of the most under-reported accomplishments of the Trump administration is the exhaustive work on behalf of improving relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Those efforts continue to produce fruit such ...
Read More » December 31, 2018 Columns, Faith, Lifestyles, News
A long time ago there was once a King named David. His Kingdom had grown, and he became great in the eyes of his people and surrounding nations. One day he decided ...
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