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Reflections: Who’s in my boat?
It’s always amazing to reflect on the continued relevance of the Bible to current events and to my life. While returning home after...

Cynthia J. Thomas
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It’s not your Grandma’s Google Search anymore!
Increasingly, AI Chatbots is the way most people will initially become aware of shows due to their convenience and direct responses.

Gary J. Groman
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Stock Market Insights: Summer market watch - energy headwinds and a data-dependent Fed
Joe Shearrer, CPFA® is Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Fervent Wealth Management. When I was a kid, I used to watch “The Beverly...

Joe Shearer, CPFA
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Celebrate America's 249th birthday in the Spirit of the Declaration of Independence!
The spirit of “Remember the Alamo” represents that which is courageous, honorable and worthy of commitment in the hearts of individuals and nations.

Gary J. Groman
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Reflections: Running from God doesn’t work, and that’s good
He ran from God? Really? As a prophet in Israel, Jonah was likely familiar with the ongoing story from Creation to Abraham to God’s active intervention in Israel’s history with both obedient and disobedient kings.

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Dave Says: Make your case, and don’t worry about the other guy
All things considered, at this point I feel I have the right to complain about the situation, because I think I should be making more money than he does.

Dave Ramsey
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Been Thinkin’ About…the memory chickens
"Your house is like going to Grandma's in the '90s," my friend is saying, and I'm not sure if I should be amused or insulted. I tend to...

Joshua Heston
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Aloe vera: A cheap trick
Taking aloe vera supplementation improves many conditions inclusive of dental problems.

Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Reader’s Corner: Great advice in a small book
The saying “Good things often come in small packages” can certainly be true for books! At a recent Concerned Women for America...

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Memories from the Homestead: Filling the trestles on the White River Railroad
A total of five tunnels were constructed, and there were 284 bridges built as well.

John Fullerton
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Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: Fishing advice
Some of those casting reels I use for bigger bass on reservoirs, and fish with jigs or plastic baits and for those, I use heavier line and stronger rods.

Larry Dablemont
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The Battle of Fredericksburg: Where 200,000 Civil War combatants faced off
Union troops' actions compare to the vandals in the sacking of Rome as they entered many private homes, slapping around women and stealing everything that wasn’t nailed down: furniture, food, silverware, rugs, etc.

Bob Ford
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Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: Colors
Also this spring, we have been feeding grape jelly to several orioles, which nested here for the first time.

Larry Dablemont
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Reader’s Corner: Does community thought need a comeback?
My husband and I were privileged to tour Orchard House, the home in Concord, Massachusetts, where Louisa May Alcott lived with her family, which inspired the setting and characters for “Little Women.”

Cynthia J. Thomas
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It was a dark and stormy night, when suddenly…
My doctor warned that if I refused to give up one of my favorite activities, i.e., walking for exercise, when I got older I wouldn’t be able to walk at all.

Laurie Lemke Thompson
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s: God’s character [part 5]: Loyal love
“The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands…” Exodus 34:6b-7a ...

Tiffany Gravett
3 min read


Stock Market Insights: Trade wars, oil shocks and sticky inflation - time to stay grounded
Joe Shearrer, CPFA® is Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Fervent Wealth Management. I was talking with my wife over coffee this...

Joe Shearer, CPFA
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Dave Says: It takes courage to cry
Dear Dave, My wife and I are on Baby Step 7, and we have a household income of $127,000 a year. We have an older dog who has had some...

Dave Ramsey
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Reflections: Do we worship our work?
In studying Hosea’s prophecy, I saw a recurring theme of Israel’s failure to acknowledge God’s presence and provision. They had chosen...

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Memories from the Homestead: Cowboy country in Medora, North Dakota
The Native Americans had a presence here for generations hunting and then came the arrival of the early white man and explorers.

John Fullerton
2 min read
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