Musings

BY Kirk McCarley Unless filled with apples or cherries, the concept of turnover is generally negative. Statistics support that assumption.  In an NFL game, for example, each team will possess the football an average of 10 to 12 times.  Scoring is already difficult in the league, given that the average tally...

By Stephenie Craig Our oldest son walked away from us and into his dorm just before we headed out of town after the first college move in. The symbolic moment of him walking away from his childhood and into his adulthood wasn’t lost on me and brought some tears. Now...

By Sean Dietrich Kansas City International Airport. I was standing in a long, LONG line, waiting to board my plane. We were like cattle, clogging up the chute. Nobody was happy. Namely, because yesterday the whole world underwent a historic global internet outage, which delayed and canceled nearly 3,000 American flights....

By Victoria Ostrosky It was Aleeza Kempton’s last day of school at Troy University and she was tired, but ready to head home to her mom.  Her car was finally loaded up and she was ready to go. As she prepared to leave, Aleeza said she heard a still, small...

By Pete Hyde After Dad retired in 1970 to Rogers, Arkansas, our family began attending Central United Methodist Church in Rogers after many years of being unchurched.  Central was and still is an old downtown church that is now on the historic register.  Stained glass windows surround the curved wooden...

By Kirk McCarley I came across a video where the speaker was addressing leadership effectiveness among prominent politicians.  He was complimentary of one person being bold and decisive in what they stood for contrasting that with another who was less adamant, even “wishy washy.”  As I watched, I found myself...

By Victoria Ostrosky If it were not already dark, he would have wished it so.  He couldn’t hide himself from the shame, but no one else would be able to see, at least for the few hours left of the night.  His bitter words still stuck in his throat, and,...

By Victoria Ostrosky There are so many Bible characters we can’t wait to locate in heaven so we can ask them a ton of questions like the Apostle Paul, or King David, or maybe Moses or even Abraham.  There are so many things we’d love to know about. Showing honor...

By Kirk McCarley How much thought goes into the origin of names and labels? Even fans of the emergence of alternative synth pop in the late 1970s are likely not familiar with a band of English classmates known as the “Composition of Sound.”  When fellow classmate Dave Gahan was invited to...

By Pete Hyde    A perfect Sunday afternoon opened up for some outside chores.  I had a list of things to accomplish after worship and lunch.  One of those items was to change a headlight bulb on my car.  “Shouldn’t be too hard,” I thought to myself.  But alas, nothing goes...