by Lenny Cacchio
A few blocks from where I sit is a thoroughfare named after a certain Todd George, a respected citizen of Lee’s Summit, Missouri from generations past. Not only was he a civic leader, he was also, as legend has it, one of the big shots in the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. (See page 170 of Truman, by biographer David McCullough). Continue reading
by Lenny Cacchio
“Be careful what you pray for because you might just get it.” I have heard that assertion and it puzzles me. It’s akin to prayers answered for Uncle Harry’s cancer, only to see the man die in a car wreck two weeks later. Did God answer our prayer to heal him, and then pull a double cross because we didn’t ask God to protect him too? Continue reading
by Brandy Webb
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits” (Proverbs 18:21).
You know the old saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”? Well, I don’t know who came up with the cliché statement, but they were definitely wrong. Words can hurt. Words are powerful. The tongue may be small, but one little spark can set a forest ablaze. How much can a tongue used unrighteously cause a “fire” (James 3:5-6)? We have to pay attention to the words that come out of our mouths. Continue reading
The Church of God International Springfield, Missouri 