It was painful to listen and watch as details of another horrible multiple shooting were reported in the nation. The latest at a high school in Parkland, Fla., cost 17 lives and more than 14 injured. After the 19-year old…
Columns
Art: What Is It Good For? Community + Collaboration
by Doug and Eileen Leunig • • 0 Comments
Today’s world is filled with divisiveness and people intent on picking sides. But art has the potential to open eyes and bring us together, the power to unify communities.
Bill Knight: Don’t politicize from the pulpit
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
A year ago this winter, President Trump at the 2017 National Prayer Breakfast repeated his campaign promise to dismantle the Johnson Amendment, the federal law prohibiting nonprofits, including churches from getting involved in partisan electoral politics. “I will get rid…
Nature Rambles: Signs of Spring
by Mike Miller • • 0 Comments
This year, February made us remember it is still a month of winter. Frequent snowfalls and cold arctic blasts have kept the landscape in a dormant state for much of the month. As February wanes towards March, that wintery grip…
Reflections From A Baha’i: Religion must create world unity; otherwise world better without it
by Community Word Staff • • 1 Comment
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated, “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.” Will…
Real Talk: How long do we need to wait?
by Kamara Taylor • • 0 Comments
I recall the words explaining why we can’t wait spoken so eloquently by Dr. Martin Luther King. I now realize how profound that one question is. I now understand King was not in a rush for change, he just couldn’t…
Serendipity: Perfectly Imperfect Marriage
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
He doesn’t rush into a room, sweep me off my feet and mesmerize me with endearing proclamations of his love. But neither does he complain when the dining room table is just about ready to collapse under the weight of…
West Peoria News: Garbage fee vote
by Sharon McBride • • 0 Comments
Bob Streitmatter, manager of Luthy Botanical Garden, will speak at 6 p.m. March 15 at the West Peoria Resident’s Association, West Peoria City Hall. The public is invited to attend. You have the opportunity to vote March 20 on whether…
Arts Beat: March 2018
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
Music March 1: “Wood & Wire Collective” bluegrass, folk and Americana music. 6:30 p.m. Pour Bros. Craft Taproom. 670.0430. March 2: Get The Led Out, a Led Zeppelin tribute. 8 p.m. Peoria Civic Center Theater. 673-3200. March 2: Central Illinois…
Views & Perspectives: Immigration, infrastructure top of legislative agenda for Republicans
by Ray LaHood • • 0 Comments
President Trump invited Republican leadership to Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, to review the legislative agenda for 2018. The weekend meetings Jan. 6 and 7 included members of the President’s cabinet and staff. Following the meetings, the President…