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Episode 10 of 57weeks.COM pOdcast. Apple Dumpling Episode

Tom Truex, is the featured host in the podcast, 57Weeks. In Episode 10 he gives you some details on the life and death of “Wild Bill Hickok.” Also his take on the importance of an old school recipe for apple dumplings. Episode available on 57Weeks.Com or Spotify. ... Read More

Former Gov. Bob Graham to lie in state at Old Capitol

Bob Graham, a two-term Florida governor who went on to serve in the U.S. Senate, will lie in state at the Historic Capitol Museum on April 26. A public viewing for Graham, who was 87 when he died Tuesday, will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., according to Bevis Funeral Home in Tallahassee. A private graveside service is expected later in the day at Oakland Cemetery in Tallahassee, which is just west of the governor’s mansion. Graham, a Democrat, served as governor from 1979 to 1987, spent... Read More

‘Bluey’: A Heavenly Vision of Life Together

The popular kids’ series reminds parents that playfulness is next to godliness. When my oldest daughter, Elaine, was four, I watched her chase a soap bubble around the yard, utterly spellbound, and it struck me as a tiny window into how God must have felt as he watched Adam and Eve encounter each of the animals in Eden. Likewise, when I discovered that my youngest, Olivia, had held a full conversation with me while cutting our kitten’s whiskers under the table, I felt attuned with... Read More

Miami Seaquarium sues Miami-Dade in fight for survival during county eviction battle

After months of alarming federal inspections and public condemnations, the Miami Seaquarium’s real fight for survival looks ready to begin. Facing a Sunday deadline to surrender the waterfront location it … Click to Continue » ... Read More

You Can’t Reach People for Christ While Holding Their Culture at Arm’s Length

A veteran missiologist shares a lifetime of lessons on bringing the gospel into unfamiliar settings. In an important new book, missiologist Darrell Whiteman tells a revealing story about a missionary who had been preaching in a particular community. Without realizing it, the missionary gave offense by wearing expensive shoes in a place where people couldn’t afford shoes of any type. For Whiteman, this anecdote illustrates how much missionaries need to learn—and how many... Read More

Hundreds of rodent droppings, bag of rice ‘chewed through’: 5 South Florida restaurants ordered shut

A mold-like substance in an ice machine, 36 live flies in the kitchen and other areas, and hundreds of rodent droppings were among the violations that prompted the state to shut five South Florida restaurants last week. The South Florida Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections that happen weekly and spotlight places ordered shut for... Read More

The Best Christian Kids TV Shows, Not Tells

Series like The Wingfeather Saga bring children along for the adventure of following Jesus. I picked up the first book reluctantly. Was I really going to spend my children’s nap time reading children’s fiction? But The Wingfeather Saga had been recommended to me by so many fans that I eventually joined the throngs of Christian adults and kids who’ve enjoyed the series. From the start, author Andrew Peterson captivated my imagination, building a world I could recognize... Read More

Filipinos and Americans Diverge on Trusting Pastors

Studies find that while less than a third of Americans trust church leaders, 90 percent of Filipinos do. While less than a third of Americans rate clergy as highly honest and ethical, across the globe in the Philippines, 91 percent of the public trusts religious leaders, according to EON Group’s 2021 Philippine Trust Index. Respondents of the survey ranked pastors as the most trusted leaders in Filipino society, compared to a Gallup poll that found clergy in the US ranked lower than... Read More

Florida discards those nuisance police oversight panels | Fred Grimm

Had Arthur McDuffie survived the gang attack that left him with five skull fractures, he might have spoken of the need for the kind of civilian oversight panels the Florida Legislature has sabotaged. McDuffie was murdered by a racist mob. The mob was a rabble of cops. In the predawn darkness, Dec. 17, 1979, the 33-year-old Black insurance executive raced through Miami on a borrowed Kawasaki motorcycle with an armada of police cruisers in pursuit. A Black man trying to outrun South Florida... Read More