But as a pet columnist and a devoted pet parent myself, I recently had a sobering reminder that what we see on the outside doesn't always tell the whole story.

Whatever the case, we can grab onto Isaiah 40:29: “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”

Joe Shearrer, CPFA® is Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Fervent Wealth Management. On Monday morning, my wife dropped our 10-year-old son off at church camp. It’s his first time spending four nights away from home. Throughout the day I kept thinking about all the things I couldn't control. Would he make friends? Would he remember to put on sunscreen? Would he sleep well? As parents, our minds naturally drift toward every possible scenario.Then it hit me: investing often

As we celebrate America’s 250th birthday this year, Branson has its own signature way of commemorating that occasion. Not only do we consider ourselves the most patriotic city in America but we also know a little something about being a music town as well. When you think about all the things that make America special, its songbook, those almost civic hymns that we all know and cherish stand out to me. In fact, I have always had this contention that the very American s

A long time ago, the Ozarks tourism campaigns leaned into the whole “Ozarks as magic” thing, crafting a unique, hillbilly “other” with wild, folkloric ways and granny women and healing waters.

What if today was about the day your pet saves you? It may sound like something out of a movie, but remarkable stories happen every year involving ordinary family pets doing extraordinary things.

Rufous said the worst time to be in the woods in Arkansas, if you were worried about timber rattlers, was September and October.

As I write this, the headlines change daily, or even hourly, regarding the situation in the Middle East. Add to that the almost-daily stories of people taking their frustration out in tragic shootings; the complicated situations as elected officials in some states and cities openly declare stances that contradict America’s founding values; and the fuel prices that haven’t dropped nearly as quickly as they rose, and this column is off to a depressing start, right? Oh, y

To me, what you described is a lot different than her lying and hiding stuff. The truth is you weren’t plugged in.

I should have realized last Saturday I was in trouble.

I was always curious who this couple was, and as I read through entire Republican papers page by page, I learned "Sam T" was the correspondent at Taneyville.

Somewhere on a spring mountain ridge, I stand barefoot on fine, sharp gravel, watching an orange sun’s glow set beyond the dogwood blossoms, characteristic spring chill at my back.

It takes one child, unburdened by the fear of looking foolish, to shout what everybody already knew: “He hasn’t got anything on!”

It sounds like a silly question until it isn't. Pets go missing all the time.

Defeated, defenseless, deluded, dismayed, dreading, distressed, disturbed, depressed, and doubting are examples.

Debt always equals risk, Mike. Always. Write a check today, man, and pay off that car.

Cute, funny and heartwarming quotes from kids

Joe Shearrer, CPFA® is Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Fervent Wealth Management. Summer temperatures are heating up, and so is second-quarter earnings season. This week, all eyes are on Alphabet and Tesla as they report quarterly results. While both companies are always market movers, this time investors may be paying less attention to the earnings numbers themselves and more attention to what management says about artificial intelligence. The AI race has become inc

For over two decades in law enforcement, shining boots has become part of my own routine. But somewhere along the way, I realized Dad wasn’t polishing shoes because someone demanded it. He was preparing.

In 1929 Satherley joined the American Record Corporation and was with them when Columbia Records purchased ARC in 1938.