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The Hico Cemetery in Siloam Springs, Ark. sits at the top of the bluff, just before the road curves and leads into what was once the town of Hico. The tombstones have been replaced in a circle, all facing the large rededication stone in the middle. Gravel and dead pine […]
Early in her marriage, Holly Allen, the director of child and family studies at JBU, shared an experience with her husband that changed how she thought of women in the church. They attended a service where the women of the church prayed together as part of the worship. Her husband […]
When Hans and Jane Koebele first began serving with Operation Mobilization in Eastern Europe, they had no idea that God would eventually lead them to serve in the Czech Republic together for over 22 years. Hans and Jane Koebele, John Brown University’s Missionaries in Residence for the 2013-2014 academic year, […]
You may have to say bye-bye to “Honey Boo Boo” and her beauty pageants in the near future. The French Senate passed a ban on beauty pageants for children 16 and younger on Sept. 18. Parliament’s upper house voted 197-146 in favor of the amendment to the larger bill for […]
When I was in Costa Rica this past summer my friend and host, Jose, showed me around San Jose. With two big cathedrals, an old, colonial opera house, and a bunch of museums, the town was full of great stuff to do and see. But nothing sticks in my memory […]
JBU student films have been selected for the Offshoot Film Festival, which begins today and continues through Sunday. The festival takes place at the Global Campus at the University of Arkansas, 2 E. Center St., Fayetteville, Ark. “This is the way for independent film to be recognized, and sometimes the […]
David Capes, a professor at Houston Baptist, urged students during chapel last week to find “a part to play in worshiping God.” Capes said one way he has discovered to worship God is as a scholar through a new translation of the Bible called the Voice. “We never really get […]
Directed by Denis Villeneuve, Prisoners hit no. 1 at the box office this weekend. Starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, this dark thriller is sure grip and excite the senses. The story takes place over Thanksgiving when Keller Dover’s (Jackman) friends and family get together to share a night of […]
Paquito, the family parrot, is screaming in rapid fire. I know by now the sound of Jose Sr., in the kitchen opening and closing the refrigerator door, shuffling supplies in the bed of the truck outside my window and scurrying outside my cracked door in the dark of the early […]
Adam Howard will give his final farewell to Siloam Springs surrounded by friends, music and nature. Howard, the 2013 JBU Alumni behind the stage name The Duke of Norfolk, will be playing a “Music in the Park” concert on Sept. 21, at Twin Springs Park with Little Chief, Jason Bowyer […]