February 2025

ALEDA JANE PENN

Aleda Jane Penn, 100, passed away on February 02, 2025 at Riverview Estates in Marquette, KS. Aleda was born on April 2, 1924 in Salina, KS to the late Emil…

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Voice given, voices guided

Fifth- and sixth-grade boys packed the front half of Messiah Lutheran Church’s pews to sing in Latin and Swahili. Alex Underwood was at the chancel, balanced on one leg or springing on the balls of his feet or pacing between the halves of his choir, meanwhile signaling with his hands, joining in tenor or falsetto, and snapping his fingers clearly over 70 or so pre-adolescent voices.

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Saying goodbye to Jesus

A friend of mine said he was saying goodbye to Jesus, because he had come to believe that Jesus stood for everything “woke.” The Sermon on the Mount was a case in point. There Jesus praises the peacemakers, urges people to love and not hate, and to forgive instead of giving retribution.

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