he Sons of the Pioneers were scheduled for nightly performances, September 17 to October 19, 1984. The crowds were beyond what anyone could have imagined, and Ken asked the group to perform through the end of October. 

My wife and I give most of our donations to Christian ministries. And it’s not unusual for us to take a tour of a place to see what it looks like up close...

Using Victorian wordsmithing, he approached everyday dilemmas, work, sex, relationships, slavery and government with unparalleled clever satire and wit.

Alderman Schulz had the item, which passed its First Reading with a 5 to 0 vote on August 12, removed from the Consent Agenda.

This week’s “Reflections” is by Pastor Liz Wright. She serves as Connections Pastor at Central Assembly of God in Springfield, where she...

Books, obviously—I always have a stack on the side table and nightstand. But I had sometimes just allowed another great resource to pile up, too: Magazines! 

Patient I am not, so I drifted into a big deep eddy where the current swirled and stilled.

That day, however, the Holy Spirit’s gentle squeeze upon my heart squelched whatever deceptive justification I had previously laid claim to.

He was our Sons of the Pioneers Trail Boss, only the fourth in the group's 91-year history as well as the group's fourth lead guitarist.

We can walk through the Farmers Market and just see tents and tables and merchandise, but our Market folks are special, as are all earnest and intent artisans.

Dr. Richard Baker, AIF®, is the CEO and executive wealth advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   My daughter and her husband were on a...

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...

During the Great War, Churchill had risen to become the First Lord of the Admiralty at the age of 40.

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.

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...

Ibogaine is a psychoactive compound derived from the Iboga shrub root that has been used (since the ‘70s in the modern countries) to...

My cat, Dexter, frequently finds his way into my writing, and based on the number of people interacting with comments and photos on the...

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.

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.

According to the Alzheimer’s Association data, Alzheimer’s is not just memory loss. Alzheimer’s or another dementia kills 33% of older...