Vacuum

Have you ever asked one of your kids to vacuum a room? If you stand there and watch, it’s a cattywampus path like that of one traipsing around the produce department at a brand-new grocery store. The first time my dad taught me to run the sweeper was when we lived in Germany.

Editorial: Stand, by Kansas State Rep. Steven Howe

Steven Howe (R) is a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing District 71 (parts of Saline County). He was first elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2022. His current term ends on January 13, 2025.

When We Pray

No one is perfect. Every person in this world is a unique individual. Each of us can be blinded by some sin or some element of our human condition, and struggle to be who God wants us to be. We can struggle with the gift of faith as individuals. All of us have doubts to be clarified.

First World Problems

For whatever crazy reason that I decided to bathe pets before church brings today’s thought. Dogs are man’s best friends. They don’t talk back. They keep showing up with affection no matter what goes down. They don’t roll their eyes… I could go on and on. Only I’m not really a dog person.

Brandon Price's Voice of Democracy

The United States of America, the land of the free and home of the brave, is considered one of the greatest countries in the world, and it continues to make a major impact on it.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

When I was a child I sometimes thought about the coming year and what I would be doing and where am I going. When I was in the seminary our teacher would asked us to plan ahead and imagine or picture ourselves 5 or 10 years from now.

Pastor’s Corner: His First Words In Nine Months

Oh, the exciting time to hear the first word a child speaks. Usually it’s “Mama,” along with “papa,” “dada” and “baba,” because they are the easiest to make. I wonder what the first word will be from the mouth of our new granddaughter Nora.

Pastor’s Corner: “Prophetic Statements Regarding A Child Yet Born”

Christmas and children, what a beautiful combination! Add divinely inspired prophecy and subtract two thousand years.

Pastor’s Corner: Gather Together

I t ’ s the season of pumpkin and cinnamon and crisp autumn leaves and turkey and stuffing and pecan pie. But, even more importantly, it is the season of family and friends. It’s the time of year when we gather together and reminisce on the past and look forward to the future.

Bloom

A few weeks ago, I had the “rare” privilege of being inconvenienced. This thing snuck into our lives quite unexpectedly and visited daily. For about a week. Just as I grew to tire of it, the Lord revealed a hard truth to me, and I fell flat on my face in repentance and shame.