Kathleen Petersen

In 1970 a feminist leader proclaimed “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.” That statement provided one of many catalysts for an ongoing proliferation of discussions, heated arguments and political...

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you,...

Road-Trip Radio This time of year is cross country travel season. You might have the car radio set to your favorite local stations. But, if you travel far enough from home, you’ll encounter other wavelengths....

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more. Revelation 21:1 NIV   He who was seated on...

No doubt you’ve taken at least one gift assessment during your life. Those tests suggest you might find optimum career placement, reasonable financial returns and a sense of fulfillment if you pursue the results.  Evaluate...

Recently I re-read a portion of my Aunt Josephine’s life story. She was the middle sibling of five, with my dad being the oldest. The children lost a younger brother early on. Then, when my...

From 1972 through 1973 I worked in a small, artsy shop dedicated to fabricating lightweight convention displays. The shop owner was a somewhat eccentric architect named Donal McLaughlin. Given his laid back approach to producing...

Before our daughter was born, I was blissfully unaware of the blizzard of resources at my fingertips designed to enhance parenting skills. Because I believe serious subjects need to be handled with a dose of...

It was late July 2023, in a midwestern city in a house next door to a castle. Sometime before sunrise, three gunshots fired by an angry man ended the lives of two adults. Although it...

When the Apostle John described Babylon in Revelation 18, his readers understood it to be the Rome of their day. Some of Rome’s rulers had been engaging in horrifying persecution of Christians. Therefore, early believers...

“Therefore stay alert because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.” Matthew 24:42 A couple decades ago I was browsing in my local Blockbuster video store (FYI — Blockbuster went out...

I spent my college years at the University of Kansas. The school’s natural history museum is located just behind my old dormitory. One of the museum’s most prominent displays is Comanche, the taxidermied horse of...