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By Bill Webb, Word&Way Editor Have you ever found yourself in the dark? No, not the way children sometimes describe their parents’ level of awareness. Have you found yourself in literal darkness without the means to adequately dispel that darkness? Many people in the Midwest

2007 Archives

Getting rid of debt this Christmas

December 19, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

Question: It’s almost Christmas and I don’t have much money to buy gifts for my two children. I’m a single mother of two teenagers. I have a full-time job. I manage to stay up with our bills until an emergency comes, like the car breaking

2007 Archives

Christmas-enhancing activities

November 21, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

By Ken Satterfield Word&Way Party It Forward (snipurl.com/PartyItForward): Based on the “Pay It Forward” book by Catherine Ryan Hyde and the accompanying movement (payitforwardfoundation.org). Throw a party and ask people to support a worthy cause

2006 Archives

When Christmas came down….

December 14, 2006

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bill Webb, Word&Way Editor It was Christmas pageant time at Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, just inside the beltway on the east edge of town. The pageant at Old Fourth was a long-standing tradition. The script and the music remained the same every year.

2005 Archives

Advent 2005 devotional: Don’t miss Christmas this year

December 24, 2005

author: Ken Satterfield

December 24, John 1:10-14 By Judith R. González, Hand in Hand Ministries, Springfield "He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did

2005 Archives

Advent 2005 devotional: Christmas also is a messy story

December 22, 2005

author: Ken Satterfield

December 22, Matthew 2:13-18 By Alton Lacey, Missouri Baptist University President Much of what we cherish about Christmas is in the many stories of how it evokes the best in human nature. Music, movies, television and newspapers are full of happy stories

2005 Archives

Advent 2005 devotional: Consider Christmas contradictions

December 21, 2005

author: Ken Satterfield

December 21, Matthew 2:1-12 By Bob Johnston, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rolla I have always been fascinated with the contradictions so apparent at Christmas. We speak of the joy of this season, and yet some lonely souls experience this as the most depressing time

2005 Archives

The best Christmas gifts

December 1, 2005

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor In case you haven't noticed, the Christmas season has begun. Commercially, it began more than a month ago. For Christians, the season began in earnest this past Sunday with the beginning of Advent, a day-by-day celebration that climaxes with Christmas

2004 Archives

‘God with us’ beyond Christmas

December 30, 2004

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor We stand at the threshhold of a brand new year. And no one knows what that will mean internationally, nationally, locally or personally. It is impossible to know what will transpire in 2005 on the political, economic or social fronts

The Light of Christmas

Getting rid of debt this Christmas

Christmas-enhancing activities

When Christmas came down….

Advent 2005 devotional: Don’t miss Christmas this year

Advent 2005 devotional: Christmas also is a messy story

Advent 2005 devotional: Consider Christmas contradictions

The best Christmas gifts

‘God with us’ beyond Christmas

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