With Terri’s story in mind, how many people do we need to forgive? Terri Stipanovich is from a famed athletic family.  Her 7-foot-tall husband, Steve Stipanovich, was a high school basketball star in St. Louis, an All-American at the University of Missouri, and was the second player selected in the National Basketball Association (NBA) “draft” … [Read more...]

Civil Engineer Aaron Karlas and family live near St. Louis, in Edwardsville, IL.  He is the Vice President at Feezor Engineering of Greater St. Louis.  (See www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-karlas-8b0a4478) Having time with the Karlas family is a delightful experience for Joan and me!  It is a joy to watch this fine family grow and to “blossom” … as … [Read more...]

Former Congressman Todd Akin is one of the finest men that I know!  He maintained his honesty and integrity through 12 years in the Missouri House of Representatives and 12 more years in the United States Congress.  Out of 13 personal elections throughout his political career, he won 12 of them, well representing an area just west of St. Louis, … [Read more...]

(Remembering with a heavy heart my cousin who, for years, was in the “homosexual lifestyle.”  As a result, he acquired “full blown” Aids and had it for years. He died in mid-March, 2019, years too soon. He likely was never warned of the lifestyle’s ever-present dangers, which include: (1) participants acquiring more sexually … [Read more...]

Sgt. Robert (Bob) Bareford, now age 93 (now in heaven), landed on Omaha Beach on D–Day, June 6, 1944 – 70 years earlier at age 23, from when this radio conversation was broadcast on Bott Radio in St. Louis, MO. His first-person experiences and observations are gripping and powerful! His great stories of the experience help us appreciate the … [Read more...]

It was the winter of 1950/51. I was in the 10th grade in Central High School in Jackson, MS.  As a teenager, age 15, in attending the Saturday evening “Youth for Christ” rallies, in my search to find peace with God, I was helped to find from the Bible how to have a faith relationship with Jesus Christ.  It changed my life and the Bible has been a … [Read more...]

Longtime Jewish friend Leroy Goodman was once a “buyer” for a major upscale department store (now Macy’s) in St. Louis, Missouri.  Carol Goodman, his loving & praying wife, was significant in his coming to faith in Christ. Leroy had begun secretly listening to Bott Radio Network’s KSIV (St. Louis Bott Radio 1320-AM… the 100,000 watts of 91.5 … [Read more...]

“Seek the Lord while He may be found!  Call upon Him while He is near!”  Isaiah 55:6 “He who has JESUS has eternal life, & he who does not have JESUS does not have eternal life!” I John 5:12 Let us face it!  The coronavirus reminds us that each of us is going to die!   Here is how to be prepared! “Inasmuch as It is appointed for … [Read more...]

As a teenager in Jackson, MS, I became very concerned (“convicted”) regarding my personal sin.  I was attracted to a movement called “Youth for Christ.”  Evangelist Billy Graham was a national founder of the movement. In Jackson, we met every Saturday night  for “youth rallies.” I had watched the lives of several other high school young people … [Read more...]