Knowledge and ability to turn back the clock could make results both interesting and heartwarming on many levels. November and December usher in festivities and celebrations and, for many, an abundant sense of nostalgia. Add the well-known picture of the…
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Arts Beat | November 2018
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Arts Beat | November 2018
Music Nov. 1: ORGŌNE, with special guests Ridgeracer. 8 p.m. Kenny’s West Side Pub. 676-1693. Nov. 2: Hoobastank, with Secondhand Serenade. 8 p.m. Monarch Music Hall. 966-0826. Nov. 2: Cousin Eddie “Live at the Five Spot.” 5:30 p.m. Contemporary Art…
Yes, Peoria | Retirement Destination – Florida? Texas? Peoria!
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Yes, Peoria | Retirement Destination – Florida? Texas? Peoria!
We are at the stage of life where as a couple we are halfway into retirement. One of us is already there, the other has a way to go. So we spend a lot of time discussing this topic. How…
West Peoria News | 25th anniversary celebration
by Sharon McBride • • Comments Off on West Peoria News | 25th anniversary celebration
West Peoria’s 25th anniversary celebration is scheduled for 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 8 in City Hall. Landscape yard waste pick-up ends the last Friday in December; the waste needs to be placed in bags or containers clearly marked…
Views & Perspectives | Catholic Church pastors must speak directly and frankly to their congregations
by Ray LaHood • • Comments Off on Views & Perspectives | Catholic Church pastors must speak directly and frankly to their congregations
The sexual abuse scandal that now grips the Catholic Church needs much more clarification by local pastors for local parishioners. I was very pleased with the Aug. 21 statement from Bishop Daniel Jenky that states, in part, ”I was truly…
Bill Knight | Something wicked this way comes – again
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Bill Knight | Something wicked this way comes – again
Some things can’t be — mustn’t be – hidden. Fortunately, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke are initiating actions to disclose facts about sexual abuse of children, facts apparently covered up by high officials…
Reflections From The Clergy | Embracing change
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Reflections From The Clergy | Embracing change
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. – Eccl. 3:1-13 Recently, I came back from a visit to Scotland, which is a pilgrimage for Presbyterian pastors like myself. Presbyterianism was founded in Scotland…
Real Talk | Chasing our identity/dream catchers
by Kamara Taylor • • Comments Off on Real Talk | Chasing our identity/dream catchers
I walked into the Lorraine Motel, and chills ran down my body as I visited the now-museum and place where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. walked out on a balcony to die. As I walked through this monument of what…
Nature Rambles | Autumn goldenrod ablaze
by Mike Miller • • Comments Off on Nature Rambles | Autumn goldenrod ablaze
It seems that autumn comes well before I’m ready to say goodbye to summer. Perhaps it’s because, as we get older, we long for the halcyon days of youth and green growth. The onset of autumn is a little too…
Serendipity | Writing
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • Comments Off on Serendipity | Writing
Students’ complaints about writing assignments in grade school were in sharp contrast to my enjoying them. I tried to mask my feelings because being different wasn’t comfortable. Neither did I express apprehension about science, art and anything geometry related. Writing,…