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The Sedalia Sentinel pamphlet printed in 1903-1904 featured illustrations of several other churches.
One of these was Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church, which was then located at East …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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4/6/26
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Having been a birder many years ago, and you might say in another life, I thought I knew a little about woodpeckers, but that’s not the case.
Sitting in my living room recently, I heard …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney, faith.bemiss@sedaliademocrat.com
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4/6/26
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I have shared this speech before. It was written in the early days of Christianity, by an ancient whose name is known now only to God.
It places the listener on the day before Easter, in between …
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By Liz Schleicher
Contributing Columnist
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4/3/26
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According to the National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS), the United States remains in a “heightened threat environment,” first issued last June and more serious today due to the war in Iran.
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By Doug Kneibert
Contributing Columnist
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4/3/26
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I encourage my writing students to draft assignments the day before they are due so they can read and revise them before turning them in. I tell them they can find errors in both grammar and …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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4/3/26
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One Easter morning a Sunday school teacher wanted to see how much her class knew about the true meaning of Easter. One of the little girls shared, “Easter is when all my family comes over to my …
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4/3/26
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The Sentinel pamphlet called Sedalia a “city of churches.”
Sedalia placed no “restrictions” on religion; any system of beliefs that wished to exist in Sedalia was welcome.
Like much …
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By Rhonda Chalfant ,
Contributing Columnist
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3/30/26
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Dear Editor,
Hello Friends and Neighbors.
I want to encourage your family to be active participants in an organized religion.
In addition to the everlasting promises associated …
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3/30/26
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As you might guess by the title, I took a fall recently, and it wasn’t as much fun as you might imagine. The dictionary defines falling as the physical movement of an object or person towards the …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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3/30/26
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Evenings should be easy. Don’t we all want to coast to a gentle landing at the end of a busy day?
But lately it’s taking longer to get ready for sleep. Even though the kids are grown and we …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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3/30/26
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My high school-aged granddaughter invited me to join a self-care app this week called Finch. I’m not sure if she thinks I’m getting so old I need an app to remind me to care for myself or if she …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney, faith.bemiss@sedaliademocrat.com
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3/30/26
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I’m gonna let you in on a controversial little secret. I drink raw milk. I have for more than a decade. I mix it into my tomato soup, pair it with my homemade chocolate chip cookies, and pour it …
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By Liz Schleicher
Contributing Columnist
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3/26/26
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Have you read the newspapers this week? I stand agog, and I assume if you’ve been reading, you understand what I’m talking about.
First, the New York Times reported that, …
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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3/26/26
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As the Missouri General Assembly moves past the halfway point of session, the pace has shifted from bill introductions and early hearings to floor debate, negotiation and refinement. With the end of …
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By Mark Fiegenbaum,
Guest Columnist
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3/26/26
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No matter whether I read it, write it, hear it, or share it, the poem is something I dearly love. For me, no other genre of writing gets into my bloodstream and courses through my body like poetry. …
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By Debbie Noland
Guest Columnist
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3/26/26
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A centuries-old Jewish legend tells of a stone rejected during the building of Solomon’s Temple, dismissed by builders as unusable and cast into the valley below. Years later, when the cornerstone …
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By Dr. Bob Wauchope
Lead Pastor at Maplewood Church
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3/26/26
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According to the Sentinel pamphlet praising Sedalia, Sedalia city government consisted of a mayor and eight city councilmen, two from each of the city’s four wards. The mayor was elected from a …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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3/23/26
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Based on my last two columns, you could probably guess I have been feeling a little nostalgic lately. This usually happens when a memory from my past pops up in my thoughts or dreams.
With …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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3/23/26
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Only three days after clocks sprang forward, I watched snow fall outside our living room window. It was March 15th. Four days before the official beginning of spring.
The unexpected blast of …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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3/23/26
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This is my last column as a full-time staff member at the Sedalia Democrat, as I plan to retire on Friday, March 27. Although I’ll still be writing “All in a Day’s Words” as a freelancer …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney, faith.bemiss@sedaliademocrat.com
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3/23/26
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