Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Pawnee Rock Bergthal Mennonite Church, May 2013. GOOD STEWARDS Last week, while sorting though a box of my late father’s photographs, I found several pictures of our family church. Had my dad been alive this past year, he would have been deeply saddened by the …
Church piece on the radio
Hey, I forgot to post a link to the latest radio piece I did for Kansas Public Radio. It aired on June 25 and I told about the closing of the church that I attended as a youngster in Pawnee Rock. Here’s the link: Death of a Church. By the way, you can follow Flyover …
Death of a Church
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: DEATH OF A CHURCH I knew I would feel sad, but I didn’t expect to cry. Nevertheless, tears filled my eyes as soon as the congregation began singing the doxology. Every Sunday morning during my childhood, as the ushers carried filled collection plates to …
Where the Glaciers Roamed
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Luigi’s Limoncello WHERE THE GLACIERS ROAMED While Dave and I were in Atchison to visit the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum recently, we also stopped in to take a look at Benedictine College. Our niece is planning on attending Benedictine next year, so we wanted to …
First Presbyterian
The First Presbyterian Church at 8th and Commercial in Emporia lights up nicely at night.
Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church
Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church stands several miles north of Goessel in Marion County, along K-15.
St. Anthony’s
Strong City.
In Lost Springs
Trinity Lutheran
Ramona, Kansas
St. Francis Xavier
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Seward (Stafford County.) The parish hall next door.
Cookie buffet
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church held their annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday. We went to pick up some bierocks, but there were dozens of beautiful cookies for sale. I was good and walked on by. I almost succumbed to the cupcake rack. Oh, I do love me a good cupcake.