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Your muscles, nerves and blood vessels depend on calcium to work properly. If there is not enough calcium in your blood for your muscles and nerves, your body will grab calcium right out of your bones to make it up. Over time, you lose more and more bone until something gives: your hip breaks or...
I greet each of you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. As a fellow pastor, navigating ministry during this unprecedented time in our community has been challenging for all of us. We have been thrust into situations that we weren’t prepared for and have had to count the cost of what it means to...
Over 40% of American adults are deficient in vitamin D. Are you? You are more likely to be lacking vitamin D if you are elderly, have dark skin, are homebound, or live in an institution like a nursing home. And if you are deficient in vitamin D, you are more likely to become seriously ill with...
In an opinion column in the April 28 edition of the Leavenworth Echo, Pastor Smith questioned the verdict of Derek Chauvin, saying it was a sham verdict; the result of “mob rule.” It was, according to Pastor Smith, a de facto unjust trial. I would like to provide a different perspective.
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When May arrives every year, I think of my mother. Although Mother's Day is indeed in mid-May, May is also National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month. For the last ten years of her life, my mother suffered greatly from complications of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a condition where...
Travel across Europe and you will come across the magnificent display of architecture and design known as the cathedral. These structures dot cities all over Europe, enrapturing visitors by their sheer size and magnitude. Entering a cathedral, you begin to feel very small and insignificant and that...
The multitude rejoices in thinking that justice has been served and I stand on the outside, not so convinced.
Let’s be real, the trial of Derek Chauvin was a sham. He wasn’t “innocent until proven guilty” as our judicial system asserts, rather in the court of public opinion, Chauvin was a...
Taking cod liver oil may help if you are deficient in vitamin A or vitamin D because it is an excellent source of these two fat-soluble vitamins.
According to the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), the official recipe for Cod Liver Oil is "a thin, oily liquid with a characteristic, slightly fishy...
Rock Island Mayor Randy Agnew
Aaron Viebrock assured everyone at the public meetings on April 6th that the commissioners had not “made up their minds” regarding the proposed new rates for high load users. But listening to the discussion of the commissioners after the public comment period was closed, it sure didn’t sound that...
Sitting in my office, I am reminded of a story about Sisoes the Great. Sisoes was an Egyptian monk during the 5th century and a protégé of the Christian monastic movement's father, Anthony the Great. Siseos’ life was marked with prayer, often retreating to the rocky crags and caves that littered...
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- Cashmere Valley Record | Cashmere WA
- Lake Chelan Mirror | Chelan, Manson, Entiat, WA
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- Wenatchee Business Journal | Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan Counties, WA