It has been a long journey for Kathy Sparks from abortion clinic worker to her present leadership role as President (for two decades) of the very prolife Mosaic Health Center!   Under the leadership of Kathy and her board – made possible by donors, their website reports that  “Mosaic Pregnancy & Health Centers is moving forward with … [Read more...]

Missouri Senator Jim Lembke of St. Louis County discusses a Nov 27, 2012 action of the St. Louis (MO) County Council that is unconstitutional.  The Council’s 4-3 vote of approval was made before an overflow crowd that included 75 – 80 citizens, people who signed up to make statements of opposition…approximately 85% to 15% disapproving. The action … [Read more...]

Peter Herschend of Herschend Family Entertainment, owners of Silver Dollar City, Branson Belle, co-owners with Dolly Parton of three “Dixie Stampedes” and “Dollywood,” Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta, etc., all the venues employing nearly 10,000. Their mission is to “Create memories worth repeating” and purpose is “Bringing families closer … [Read more...]

Senior Pastor Greg Holder of “The Crossing” in St. Louis, MO gives leadership to the international “Advent Conspiracy” (www.adventconspiracy.org), with hundreds of participating churches.  The focus? Urging -- especially at Christmastime -- believers and churches to (1) worship fully, (2) spend less, (3) give more, and (4) give “to the least of … [Read more...]

Messianic Rabbi Jeff Friedman (www.jacobshope.com) who -- in the ministry he leads with the International Assemblies of God -- oversees seven “Compassion” (benevolent) Centers (many more planned) in Israel in the name of the Yeshua (Jesus), the Messiah.  They are received with appreciation, especially since it is reported, in these hard times, that … [Read more...]

19-year-old Russian twins Zoya and Denis Ranostaj tell of their overwhelming joy upon receiving Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes (www.samaritanspurse.org) as gifts while in a Russian orphanage, their only gifts in the years while there. (Both their parents were dead.) Their shoeboxes, and the OCC messengers who delivered them, led the twins to a … [Read more...]

Nancy Wilson of “Cru” (www.nancywilson.org) regarding an invitation to a one-day “storying” (orality) small group training Conference she is to lead (also called “Storywave”) conducted at the First Baptist Church of Ferguson, MO (near the St. Louis airport); focused on ministering to the world’s oral majority, including those who choose not to … [Read more...]

Re shoebox gifts to needy children worldwide: Operation Christmas Child  (www.samaritanspurse.org) leaders in Eastern Missouri Linda Logsdon, Jim McCaughan, and 19-year-old twins from Russia Zoya and Denis Ranostaj tell of its impact of love to millions!  While in their Russian orphanage (both parents were dead), Zoya and Denis received OCC … [Read more...]

Congressman Todd Akin, a man of Integrity, a man of principle, and supporter of all human life … is a 25-year personal friend.  Each of the approximately 40 times I have had him as my radio guest, it has been my honor.  Had he evidenced a serious character or moral failure, I could have not been free to have his the next time. But I, again, was … [Read more...]

While this commentary below includes a focus on an event, its ongoing focus is seen in the quoted comments of its purpose, a timely and neglected subject of discussion among evangelicals: "Bridging the Political & Racial Divide: How Godly Politics Can Transform a Nation.” It is stated as “… an invitation to step into … the division … [Read more...]