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Silence Speaks Volumes

There are many situations in which silence is the best response–indeed, often, “silence is golden!” But silence all the time, or at the wrong...

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Overcoming Uncertainty

For several years before I retired as a professor and extension entomologist at Oklahoma State University, I was involved with the Faculty Commons ministry....

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My Mission Field

I joined the Animal Science Department at the University of Missouri on June 1, 1980, and by the mid-1980s, I began wondering if I...

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The Shared Life

In 2018, a dear colleague and I accompanied a group of nine students on a three-week visit to N’Zérékoré in the West African country of

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Is It Worth It?

Early each Wednesday morning, I jump on a Zoom call with a small group of incredible women from my campus. We spend 30-60 minutes sharing

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Burden Sharing

That Friday, when my sister called to tell me that my brother-in-law would need to be intubated, I had a sinking sense of dread. This

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Let’s Pray!

1 Thessalonians 5:17 – Pray without ceasing. The Apostle Paul called on believers to pray continually and to pray for each other.   Shouldn’t we

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