Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009 — 7:00pm – 10:00pm Location: Historic Colony School, Bishop Hill, Illinois Barn dance–Squares, contras, circle dances Beginners welcome. No experience needed. All dances taught and called. Music provided by Mary Christianson (fiddle), John Heasly, (guitar), Frank Terry (bass). Patti Christianson, caller. Student — $3, Adult — $5, Family — no [...]

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Free Audiobook Download of the Month from christianaudio. Just Courage by Gary A. Haugen International Justice Mission president Haugen has found that “the pathway out of a nearly comatose state of boredom, ineffectiveness and triviality lies in the struggle for justice.” This book describes how to break out of a ho-hum Christian life and see [...]

This just sent to me: “Jessica’s Ford Explorer was broadsided in Melissa, TX about 11:30 on Monday morning. We think she was hit by a volunteer fire truck responding to an accident. After a 25 minute extrication process she was Life Flighted as a level 1 (the most severe) trauma case to Parkland Hospital in [...]

Emergency prayer request on behalf of Jessica Hulcy. She has just been in a traffic accident. Broadsided by a fire truck. She is alive but badly hurt and is in critical condition but stable. Her lungs are collapsed. She has a broken left arm and broken ribs. There is some brain trauma but nothing to [...]

Laurie Bluedorn talks to some people at the University of Iowa campus on April 3, 2009. Why are you here on this planet? Why is life so hard? Do you think there is a divine purpose for your life? Have you ever watched the television show The View — it’s a program where celebrity women [...]

Beautiful day in Illinois and Iowa for a Tea Party. See our Facebook profile page for photos later today.

Moody Radio’s Prime Time America piece on Red Envelope Day.

John Notgrass and Audra Thrower