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I’m not perfect. In fact, I’m far from it.
Last week I posted this to my Facebook page: “I thought that I was a good person, but the way that I react when people drive slowly in …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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6/21/22
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The terms “landmark” and “historic site” and “listed on the National Register” are often used without a clear understanding of what each of these terms means and …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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6/21/22
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In October, I wrote a column titled “Feeling the burnout, big time.” It’s not uncommon for me to get feedback about some of the columns I write, but by far, that one received the …
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By Nicole Cooke, ncooke@sedaliademocrat.com
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6/20/22
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“If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.”
I grew up hearing that cliché. It was a staple of the platitudes told to children in the …
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The Watergate hearings in the 1970s were intriguing, but the Jan. 6 Committee hearings are mesmerizing. Behind-the-scene intrigue, cat fights in the Oval Office, texts designed as subterfuge, …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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6/20/22
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For reasons I won’t go into, I’m coming late to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, which sometimes happens in the column-writing business.
The horrible murder of 21 people — …
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By Doug Kneibert, Contributing Columnist
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6/20/22
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Somewhere around late December, some of us might start thinking of our New Year’s resolutions. Some of us may take this to our spiritual place and ask the Lord what he would have us do in the …
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By Fr. Joe Corel, St. Vincent de Paul Parish
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6/20/22
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Laws during the 19th century generally favored a husband over his wife, usually granting him title to any land she brought into the marriage and giving him control over any money she might have had. …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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6/20/22
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I ran across a quote last week that went like this:
“The problem is people really believe that they follow some strong moral compass, but in reality, they are just trying to fit in with …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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6/20/22
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When I first took over the editor’s office in 2017, I mentioned to former Editor Bob Satnan, then a contributing columnist on this very page each week, that I was thinking about writing columns …
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By Nicole Cooke, ncooke@sedaliademocrat.com
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6/10/22
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Years after my father died, I began to understand many of the things that impeded our having, at least, a collegial relationship. Much had happened during my teens and college years to affect our …
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While having my house deep-cleaned, all the books in my home library were removed from their shelves. Putting them back wasn’t a simple task, for my reading interests have changed over the …
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By Doug Kneibert, Contributing Columnist
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6/10/22
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I thought I would share with you some very disturbing news that you may not be aware of. Something of great concern that may have slipped by your radar. Now I don’t want everyone to get into a …
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By Pastor Jon Church, Katy Park Baptist Church
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6/9/22
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The summer months are finally upon us! As a former educator, I always looked forward to this break to catch up on tasks that always seemed impossible to accomplish during the school year. The time …
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By Jamie Sparks, Library Director
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6/9/22
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There are so many adults who have grown up in toxic environments. I am one of them.
I don’t have the horror stories that many people do and I am grateful for that, but my life growing up …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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6/8/22
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In 1911 when Sedalia’s City Council decided to raise money to improve Liberty Park, it determined to sell bonds to raise the money necessary for the improvements.
The Sedalia …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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6/8/22
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I think I’ll ride the train next week.
I have to meet my kids, who are spending a week at their grandparents’ farm in rural Illinois.
As a single traveler, it’s an …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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6/7/22
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As your state legislator, I have been asked by a number of people over the last few weeks my opinion on the events that have taken place across this great nation. I have been very guarded in my …
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Since the mass shooting in Buffalo, and including Buffalo, the United States has experienced 38 mass shootings (“mass shooting” is when four people are either killed or wounded). This …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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6/7/22
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Both of the traditions I serve, the ELCA Lutheran and Episcopal churches, follow the Revised Common Lectionary to determine the scripture passages which will be read and preached at worship on …
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By Pastor Anne Meredith Kyle, Calvary Episcopal and Christ & Trinity Lutheran churches
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6/3/22
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