Features

No-cook cooking

Five cool-down dishes that don’t require flame, oven or stovetop

By Cathy Thomas/Freedom News Service

You know they are coming. Those scalding summer days, so heavy with heat that even sundown offers little relief. Summer brings evenings in which even the most dedicated foodie quivers at the mere thought of firing up the stove. The best defense might... Full story

Books that encourage kids to be themselves

Explore individuality with today’s titles

Story and photos by Kendal A. Rautzhan/For the Appeal-Democrat

Children spend a lot of their youth being told what to do and not to do, how to act, what to think and the difference between right and wrong. Some of that is good. Some of it is not. Ironically, despite the claim that human beings encourage individuality,... Full story

Gigachurches can serve thousands

By Jeff Strickler/McClatchy-Tribune News Service

MINNEAPOLIS – The 23rd Psalm rolled off the Rev. Jason Strand’s tongue with soothing familiarity, the way it had since he memorized it as a boy.  “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures,... Full story

See Archives