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A new year has again presented itself and another Easter has come and gone, and we continue to find ourselves marching forward with that passage of time not slowing down, not even for a major …
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By Rev. Chris Traffanstedt, Chaplain, Tyson Foods Inc.
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4/16/21
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Sedalia’s population figures continued to vary during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, depending on the source of the information. In November 1893, the Sedalia Democrat published an …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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4/14/21
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A couple of weeks ago, my 3-year-old granddaughter decided to talk back to her mother. It took me by surprise and without missing a beat I said, “McKenna Mae! I have never heard you speak to …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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4/14/21
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My mother said that bad things happened in threes. Somebody famous died? Watch out, because two more will soon follow. Lose something? Keep your things close, because two more items will disappear. …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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4/12/21
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This week, President Biden announced a number of executive orders on gun control, which are viewable on the White House website. I will reprint them here:
”The Justice Department, …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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4/12/21
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Have you ever said, “I can’t wait!?” Most of us have. It is one of the ways we say that we are looking forward to something that is going to happen in the future. I can’t wait …
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By Rev. Anne Meredith Kyle, Calvary Episcopal Church, Christ and Trinity Lutheran Church
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4/9/21
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If you are a person who enjoys a good glass of wine, it is hard to get away from Italian wines.
Italian wines have increased in popularity in recent years because they are well made, of …
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By Bennet Bodenstein, Contributing Columnist
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4/9/21
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The phrase “lies, damned lies, and statistics” has been attributed to several men, including American humorist and social critic Mark Twain, to British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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4/7/21
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I recently received a letter from a reader who brought up the controversial issue of transgender people playing sports with the opposite birth gender. I have given this serious thought in the past, …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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4/7/21
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I doubt there are many people who haven’t at some time wished they could just take off and drive wherever they wish to, with no destination in mind. I still dream of the open road myself, …
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By Jack Miller, Guest Columnist
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4/7/21
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As we roll through Easter, the start of spring and the overdue arrival of warmer weather, a meaningful phrase keeps coming to me: the greater good.
It’s a phrase that clearly means different …
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By Bob Satnan, Contributing Columnist
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4/3/21
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Because it had been on my list of column ideas for some time, I recently joined Doug Freed in his studio at 110 E. Main St. to watch him paint a picture.
In 1995, Freed left behind the …
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By Doug Kneibert, Contributing Columnist
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4/3/21
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From the “I told you so” file:
The Missouri House of Representatives Budget committee decided this week that Missouri voters are completely stupid when they vote on controversial …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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4/3/21
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“Scan looks good.”
Each time I get the word, sitting in the tomb-like patient room, it feels like a resurrection.
I say this not to be sacrilegious, but to explain what …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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4/3/21
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It is easy to be a pinot noir lover as there are very few poor examples of the variety in the marketplace.
This is probably because the pinot noir grape is very temperamental and can be very …
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By Bennet Bodenstein, Contributing Columnist
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4/2/21
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In a study done by Lifeway last year, 59% of those in the 18-34 age bracket say they do not believe the biblical accounts of Jesus’ bodily resurrection. It leads us to ask, what are the facts …
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By Bob Wauchope, Lead pastor at Maplewood Church
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4/2/21
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The years after the Great War, 1919 through the 1920s and 1930s, were marked by an awareness of great changes in the wider world outside central Missouri and the rest of the United States. The …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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3/31/21
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“Fake it till you make it.”
I love that saying because it is excellent advice! It’s what I do when I don’t know what else to do.
When I was young, my father suggested …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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3/31/21
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The subtle wordplay is not lost on Pastor Jim Downing as he and his team prepare for the return of First United Methodist Church’s annual community Easter service.
“I really love that …
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By Bob Satnan, Contributing Columnist
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3/27/21
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Most teachers believe reaching one student in a semester/year is an accomplishment. I conveyed that sentiment to T.J. Hopkins when I was honored, with a group of community members, to be a small part …
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