Faith Forum: Who is your favorite lesser-known Bible character and why?

@ queequeg...Not that I have to respond in Reverend Rivers' behalf, but, yes...he understood the question perfectly...and oh, how I enjoyed his answer!!

Reverend Rivers...excellent description of my Jesus...I can tell we are kindred spirits, and there's nothing more precious in life than meeting up with kindred spirits!! Blessings to you!

May 18, 2013 at 12:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Faith Forum: Why does God allow events that kill innocent people, like the recent Texas fertilizer plant explosion and Boston bombings?

Rev. Dr. DeSpain...

I agree with you 100%...and also with William Sloane Coffin when speaking at his son's funeral.

What I've noticed with the commenters on LJW is that so many do, indeed, blame God for EVERYTHING (except good things, of course)...and strangely enough, it is often the agnostics and atheists. I have YET to figure out how one can blame God if one does not believe there IS a God.

May 15, 2013 at 12:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Authorities believe Lana-Leigh Bailey's body was moved to Osage County after killings in Ottawa

VoiceOfReason...your last paragraph is beautifully stated...makes me weep profusely for this little one taken so hideously. Your words have given me comfort. Thank you.

I can only imagine why so many of the searchers need counseling after looking for this precious baby, Lana Leigh...all I could think of while reading this is my beloved granddaughter. I have no more words.

May 12, 2013 at 4:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Gift to help put 'name and face' to cancer care

As a cancer survivor/thriver, I must say the KU Cancer Center has been blessed by Teresa and Tom Walsh. What a caring, generous, and loving couple!! The patient-navigation program is such an important part in the treatment of each patient. As Tsue commented in the article, and it is indeed true...as soon as one hears the word 'cancer', everything else said is immediately forgotten...or simply not processed. The brain seems to go into overload mode. What a blessing to have a nurse (particularly one who has gone through your own type of cancer) beside you to navigate through all the information you have to digest.

I received my care from Florida Hospital Waterman Cancer Center in Tavares, Florida, and from my diagnosis to the last treatment, it was a loving and spiritual environment exactly like a huge, extended family. Everyone knew me on a first name basis (a nick-name, at that!) and everyone, from oncologists to nurses to technicians, became part of my heart. They were ALL incredible. I didn't run into even one grumpy or rude or non-caring person during my whole experience. How many of us can say THAT about any hospital we've ever been to? I certainly cannot.

Patients at KU Cancer Center will benefit immensely from the giving spirits of this wonderful couple!

April 30, 2013 at 1:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lawhorn's Lawrence: Westie, the wheelchair ramp champion

One of the most inspiring stories I've ever read! You go, Westie, and keep on going for a long, long time to come. May God continue bless you and your family...seems He hasn't stopped blessing you in all of your extraordinary 85 years of life! I believe that's because you have honored Him...and never paid attention to being applauded for it. You do what you do for HIS glory, not your own. That is SO evident.

Thanks, Chad, for this wonderful story of an amazing man! We need stories like this to overcome the horrible ones we hear and read about every day. Makes me think, Chad, that you must be quite a wonderful man, yourself, to write about such an inspirational man as Westie. Again, thank you.

April 28, 2013 at 5:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Off the Beaten Plate: Angel Food French Toast at Five Bar and Tables

I enjoy sliced bananas...and 1/4 cup of walnuts = a fabulous (and healthy) snack...but piled on top of FRIED angel food cake and then "smothered" with syrup? I think my heart, and all other organs, would rebel. And, in my wildest imagination, I cannot see this angel food French toast paired with a Bloody Mary. Does not sound at all appealing to me...but, to each his own.

I'm sure some of their other items on the menu would probably be delicious...and quite healthy. A sandwich or a wrap (whole wheat) prepared "my way"...yes, I would definitely try those...and the Salmon lollipops really have me curious...I LOVE Salmon!!

April 28, 2013 at 4:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opinion: Having a little humility never hurts

I have agreed with Mr. Pitts many times. This is definitely one of those times. An EXCELLENT article!!

@ Frankie8...I'm with you! I could never do the job police officers, fire fighters, teachers, or other heroes do on a day-to-day basis. Those heroes need to be paid what this Witherspoon person is hauling in. I see people all the time on the internet who do NOTHING with their lives except "star" in some ridiculous reality series and they are millionaires!! I don't even know who these people are, but evidently, the public made them "famous". I would venture to say, our priorities need a bit of shaking up. We, as a country, should be ashamed!!

April 28, 2013 at 4:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Letter: Shame on us

pinecreek...300 million guns in circulation in the U.S.? Truly? That thought blows me away!! (Pun intended.)

April 28, 2013 at 1:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Letter: Shame on us

My cousin does her gardening with a loaded, ready-to-shoot gun in her pocket. I told her that one of these days her husband or one of her sons...or any relative or friend just stopping by for a visit...will walk up behind her, scare the living daylights out of her, and she'll shoot them. Possibly shoot them dead. Or her gun will go off (remember, it's loaded and ready-to-shoot) and shoot her in the leg (or elsewhere) while digging in the dirt or other gardening activities. She laughed at me. If I were her, I wouldn't be laughing. One of her sons, who is 42 and doesn't have a brain in his head, carries one, also...loaded, ready-to-shoot. These people (relatives!) scare me more than any would-be robbers or mass murderers who will probably never come my way. The chances of being shot (accidentally) by a relative (or friend) is much more likely than by a robber or mass murderer...and that makes me freaking angry!! I entertain a VAST amount of disgust for foolish people such as my cousin and her son.

April 28, 2013 at 1:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Letter: Shame on us

I can't even BEGIN to imagine what that "need" may be. To defend themselves with a 30-round clip? Really? 30?? What a miserable life of fear some people live. Truly amazes me.

April 28, 2013 at 1:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )