Column

William Hodgson: Before the law – before Moses
“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men because all sinned – for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.”

Kyle Troutman: Less is more
Have you ever looked around your house and thought, “Wow, look at all this clutter.”

Rich Cummings: Don’t let anger ruin your heart
There is a lost art in our nation, and that is the art of loving our enemies.

Dakota Pettigrew: American Insights — Lessons of 1856
History is, at its root, a grand painting of human nature in all its ugly colors and forms, a Greek tragedy that shows us at our best and worst.

Jon Horner: Community betterment
Here we are on the cusp of the month of May, one of my favorite months.

Trent Oliphant: Overcoming art obstacles
Chances are that you were involved with art education when you were in school.

Sheila Harris: Scope for the imagination
I’ve lived in the Ozarks for over 50 years, but until recently, I knew very little about the karst underlayment below us, nor, to be honest, was I even familiar with the word “karst.”

Kyle Troutman: Local flourishing
The arts are flourishing in Cassville, and in more ways than one.

Jeff Fugitt: A living Jesus gives hope
Saturday night was another sleepless night of grief, shock and confusion for the followers of Jesus.

Sheila Harris: Water matters
There’s secrecy afoot in the Missouri legislature. Proposed Missouri Senate Bill 157 and House Bill 545 seek to conceal from the public the identities of “Major Water Users” in Missouri, as well as the amount of water they use, where they’re drawing it from and where the water will be distributed.