What nutjobs dared to dream this big? What absolute madmen thought this would work? What kind of raving lunatics thought they could pull this off? I’m not talking about AI. Though I have questions for their creators as well.
Dear Readers, Football season is well under way and though I am a fan of certain teams both collegiate and professional I am not a fanatic. But football is woven so tightly into our national fabric it is virtually unavoidable between August and February.
I once had a royal blue peplum-style dress that I loved. Don’t let the fact that I can name the style fool you into thinking I know anything about fashion.
It's hard to imagine waking up and going to work on payday only to find you have less money than you started with at the beginning of the pay period. That's the reality many farmers are facing as fall harvest enters full swing in Kansas.
It's hard to see a yellow school bus and not think about all the hours of my childhood spent sitting on one of those hard seats with a stiff back. I hope the modern versions have a little more comfort than the utilitarian transportation I had to ride uphill both ways.From the outside, they don't look much different now that the calendar has turned to September and the wheels on the buses are going around and around every day.As one of the last stops on the bus route, I don't remember much about the ride to school.
Asking EricDear Eric: I recently had lunch with an old friend. We have known each other for more than 50 years and get together three or four times a year to catch up.
Dear Readers, Since the 2025 Hurricane Season started, six named storms. The National Hurricane Center (NOAA) is watching a tropical wave off the west coast of Africa, which NOAA reports has “favorable conditions” to develop into Tropical Storm Gabrielle.
Over the summer, folks across the Lindsborg community have been gathering at Messiah Lutheran Church to read Amanda Tyler’s “How to End Christian Nationalism.” This teaching and preaching series has invited us, in various ways, to wrestle with what belongs to God and what belongs to empire. In very practical and challenging ways, facing Christian Nationalism asks us to grow up in truth and love.
When my brother died suddenly, I found myself being the one in need.