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Stock Market Insights: The trap of calm markets - what every investor should know
Dr. Richard Baker, AIF®, is the CEO and executive wealth advisor at Fervent Wealth Management. My daughter and her husband were on a...

Dr. Richard Baker
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Been thinkin’ about…Carnival soul
The sunset streaks with orange and purple and the wind is blowing from the Southeast, ragged and fitful and soft to the touch. The wind...

Joshua Heston
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Sir Winston Churchill had many abilities
During the Great War, Churchill had risen to become the First Lord of the Admiralty at the age of 40.

Bob Ford
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Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: The bullfrog
Froggers get scarcer every year. The men who once caught bullfrogs by hand as they traveled along Ozark rivers either wading or boating were real capable outdoorsmen.

Larry Dablemont
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Lasting joy
Paul’s life was an awesome testimony of sustaining joy. He faced beatings, stoning, imprisonment, shipwrecks and hunger, yet he adamantly admonished the Philippians, “Rejoice in the Lord always...

Tiffany Gravett
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Ibogaine: What, why and how
Ibogaine is a psychoactive compound derived from the Iboga shrub root that has been used (since the ‘70s in the modern countries) to...

Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Reflections: Lessons from . . . the cat?
My cat, Dexter, frequently finds his way into my writing, and based on the number of people interacting with comments and photos on the...

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Reader’s Corner: ‘A Peace Unfettered’
Qené drew the book’s title from the many “fetters” that bound her heart to fear and lack of peace, compared to the peace she now enjoys from her relationship with God.

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Dave Says: Don’t kick a guy when he’s down (but don’t let him throw a pity party, either)
First off, let’s define what helping your son really means. In my mind, you haven’t helped him at all if he’s still living with you a year from now.

Dave Ramsey
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Choice at life’s bookends: Abortion rights vs. the right to die with dignity
According to the Alzheimer’s Association data, Alzheimer’s is not just memory loss. Alzheimer’s or another dementia kills 33% of older...

Gary J. Groman
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How petty can the smartest person in the room get?
Could you tell me why an alderman would concern themselves about something so petty, let alone make it a public matter at a Board meeting?

Gary J. Groman
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For the love of Branson: Ozarks decades
The sound of Branson is ancient and can be traced to the Scottish Highlands with a fiddle and a bow.

Marshall Howden
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Reflections: Let’s expect more from our youth
Sometimes it seems as though several sources combine in my personal journey to drive home a point. Maybe I’m slow to understand—or...

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Reader’s Corner: A Tale of a Whale—or more?
However, Yarbrough also presents convincing evidence of the book’s authenticity—after all, he’s a seminary president. That done, he then dives into the relevance of Jonah’s story for today’s Christian believer.

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: Groundhog hunter
The old men at the pool hall let nothing go to waste, claiming a clover-eatin’ groundhog was better eatin’ than a beaver.

Larry Dablemont
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Memories from the Homestead: A flashback to the summer of 1902 as seen by J.K. Ross
There are loads of columns that gave news of the happenings here in our Garber neighborhood.

John Fullerton
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The price of ‘love’
This may be a “stretch” for a proverbial health column but it does very much play into several health venues. It spans emotional,...

Jody Johnson Godfrey
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The U.S. Foreclosure Map You Need To See
Here’s the map you need to see that shows how foreclosure rates are lower than you might think, and how they differ by local area

Heathery Tankersley
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Squash Vine Borers
Amidst my vine borer woes, I came across a recent report from the Voice of the Martyrs* about Victoria Luka, a widowed Christian mother from Nigeria.

Tiffany Gravett
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Stock Market Insights: From tariffs to tech, what’s fueling this earnings season
While the numbers are encouraging, investors are primarily focused on forward-looking guidance from company leadership to measure their ability to navigate the next few months.

Dr. Richard Baker
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