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Shepherd's Heart
Bob Stewart is pastor of Union Baptist Church. His long-running column ranges in topic from matters of faith to observations about life in Saline County, politics and the sights to see in travels throughout America.
Archives
- Poof! … Part Two (1/24/22)
- We can do better (1/4/22)
- In the shadow of the Almighty (12/27/21)
- Christmas wishes (12/20/21)
- Packing for self-ownership (12/7/21)
- One more cup of coffee (11/10/21)
- We’re gettin’ there (10/18/21)
- That’s a good sign! (10/7/21)
- Huck and Lana (10/4/21)
- Here's to palm trees and sand (9/27/21)
- Suddenly October (9/17/21)
- These are the times ... (8/30/21)
- Juniper, Pine and the Cactus Inn (8/19/21)
- Letting Go (8/11/21)
- Papers! (8/2/21)
- Feeling beachy! (5/19/21)
- Way Down South in Mississippi (5/3/21)
- The Heart of it All (4/12/21)
- Vision (3/23/21)
- An old dog learning new tricks (3/15/21)
- Falling short (3/3/21)
- Wishes and Horses (2/17/21)
- We Are Free (2/1/21)
- The greatest of these … (1/12/21)
- A Crowning Glory (12/21/20)
- Prodigals & Pilgrims (11/10/20)
- Another songwriter moves on (10/28/20)
- Making u-turns (10/21/20)
- Go fly a kite (9/30/20)
- Heritage (9/23/20)
- Downsizing (9/4/20)
- There are days ... (8/17/20)
- A Shaking? (8/12/20)
- True obedience (7/6/20)
- Highways (6/24/20)
- Heartbroken for humanity (6/10/20)
- She finally did it! (5/27/20)
- Roxie's Boys (5/21/20)
- The current ‘apocalypse’ (5/6/20)
- Genuine Worship (4/30/20)
- What are ‘suspended’ rights anyway? (4/22/20)
- Too late? (3/24/20)
- Over 50 years of calluses: Part two (2/24/20)
- Over 50 years of calluses: Part One (2/24/20)
- Tic-tock … Tic-tock (1/20/20)
- Suddenly October (10/2/19)
- Choose radical love (10/6/17)1
- Fan the flames (9/20/17)
- The folks ‘behind the curtain’ (9/11/17)
- What love do we celebrate (2/24/17)
- Don't just pass them by (2/17/17)
- As believers do we really believe (2/9/17)
- First things first (1/4/17)
- Back around . . . again (10/27/16)1
- The origins of wisdom (9/7/16)
- The challenge of taming the tongue (8/31/16)1
- What kind of faith? (8/24/16)
- Our Citizenship (8/17/16)1
- Now what? (8/5/16)
- A might have been (7/29/16)
- Just about 'over it' (7/20/16)
- Big shoes to fill (6/22/16)
- Collections (5/11/16)
- Collections (5/9/16)
- Peace ... Be Still (4/27/16)
- Every Now and Again (4/27/16)
- Blood and Carnage ... and Vigilance (3/30/16)
- Cleansing the Temple (3/30/16)
- A Stirring (3/3/16)
- I'd Hammer Out Danger ... (2/19/16)
- The Troubadour (1/20/16)
- Fifty-Eight in Forty-One (11/3/15)
- West of the Mississippi (10/1/15)
- What a Party (9/23/15)
- Back to the "Mother Church" (9/17/15)
- Waiting ... Maybe Not So Patiently (9/4/15)
- Tomato Talk (8/18/15)
- Somebody Stop the World (8/18/15)
- The Book of Our Lives (8/18/15)
- The Road No Longer Traveled (8/18/15)
- Thoughts about the church (4/24/15)
- Among the unemployed (4/9/15)1
- Nani and Little Bear: Quite the Pair (3/27/15)1
- The times, they are a-changin' (3/18/15)
- Praying from victory (3/11/15)1
- Let he who has ears ... (3/4/15)
- A time for action (2/26/15)
- Love one another ... ? (2/19/15)
- You have to know how to ... (2/5/15)
- Change (1/28/15)
- Down in the holler (1/21/15)1
- Vision ... Or Prophetic Revelation (1/15/15)
- Eternal vs. temporal (1/7/15)
- Old Aunt Gzyne? (1/6/15)1
- For all ... a message of praise! (12/24/14)
- For Others ... A Message of Peace (12/18/14)
- For Some ... A Message of Sorrow (12/10/14)
- Of Bells and Good Will (12/3/14)
- I'm So Grateful (11/19/14)3
- Mountain Pride: Revisited (11/12/14)
- You Have to Know How To ... (10/29/14)
- Why Blame Anyone? (10/15/14)1
- Why Blame God? (10/8/14)1
- A Long Ride through History (9/30/14)
- Why .... (fill in the blank)? (9/26/14)
- Autumn On The Tomahawk (9/19/14)
- The Bible and September 11 (9/11/14)
- Out of Control (9/5/14)
- A Salute to Labor Day (8/29/14)
- Nowhere Bound (8/22/14)
- Let the River Flow (8/18/14)
- The Season of Green (8/8/14)
- Poetry 101 (7/31/14)2
- The Territory Beyond: Revisited (7/24/14)2
- The Soundtrack of Life (7/18/14)3
- Dirt Road Memories (7/11/14)
- Coffee With Lil' Bear (7/7/14)
- Goodbye to the Old Neighborhood (6/19/14)
- His Name Was Ben (6/12/14)1
- Back to Star Gap (5/23/14)2
- An Open Letter to All Mean Moms (5/15/14)
- Goodbye City of Angels (5/8/14)3
- The Home Tree (5/1/14)
- The Rebel: Revisited (4/24/14)2
- Surprise! (4/17/14)
- Beautiful City of God (4/10/14)
- Say Goobye to Hurts (3/27/14)
- Coffee -- with a side order of life lessons (3/20/14)
- Old Clothes (3/13/14)
- A Few Good Traits (3/6/14)2
- Hey Little Bear (2/26/14)
- Who Wants a Do-Over? (2/20/14)
- What is Love? (2/13/14)1
- Getting Reacquainted with an Old Friend (1/30/14)
- Let the River Flow (1/23/14)
- Nothing to Say (1/16/14)
- Enchanted (1/10/14)1
- St. Joe to Seattle (1/2/14)
- Portraits anyone? (1/2/14)
- What Ever Happened to Christmas (12/19/13)2
- Porches and Reindeer (12/12/13)2
- Christmas on The Avenue (12/5/13)
- I Am So Thankful (11/21/13)
- Be Tempered by Disappointment (11/15/13)
- Are You Discouraged? (11/7/13)1
- C U L8tr (10/31/13)2
- The Diner (10/24/13)2
- Sail On Dear Lady (10/17/13)
- WoooHooo!!!! (10/3/13)
- Grandpa's School of Life (9/26/13)2
- The Farm (9/19/13)2
- As in the Days of Noah (9/12/13)
- The Land of Petroilia (9/5/13)1
- You Are Not Alone (8/29/13)
- Around the (almost) Campfire (8/22/13)2
- It's Kind of Like ... (8/15/13)
- Utah: Home of the Modern Day Untouchables? (8/8/13)
- Memories from Long Ago (7/31/13)3
- A Little Good News (7/22/13)1
- A Weekend at the Lake (7/11/13)
- We Hold These Truths ... (7/3/13)9
- We Hold These Truths ... (7/3/13)
- God shed His grace on Thee (6/27/13)10
- Get Off the Interstate (6/13/13)
- Favorites (6/7/13)3
- Oh ... The Memories (5/30/13)2
- Home Sweet Home (5/23/13)1
- The Airwaves and Baseball (5/16/13)2
- Shalom - Peace Be With You (5/9/13)
- Praying for America (5/1/13)
- A Silent Salutation (4/18/13)1
- Lonely Gods (4/11/13)2
- Natural Inspiration (4/4/13)
- What Is Truth? (3/27/13)1
- Questions ... (3/21/13)
- Words ... (3/14/13)2
- Dreaming Again (3/7/13)2
- Ahhh ... The Country Life (2/28/13)
- It's All Theater ... (2/21/13)1
- Good Mornin'! (2/14/13)
- Bitterness and the Toothpaste Tube (2/1/13)1
- He Cares for Us (1/24/13)1
- The Roller Coaster (1/10/13)
- A Safe Haven (1/3/13)5
- One-sided conversations (12/29/12)
- May Your Days be Merry and Bright .... (12/20/12)1
- Remembering "the least of these ..." (12/14/12)2
- Warm and Simple Moments (12/6/12)
- Whatever Happened (12/6/12)
- The Box (11/16/12)2
- Where are you going, Daddy? (11/9/12)2
- See you at the polls (11/1/12)7
- The Great Debate (10/25/12)1
- October and the Inner Grizzly Bear (10/11/12)5
- Preparing for the beginning of the end (10/4/12)3
- We don't have to live with hurt (9/28/12)7
- Homesick (9/13/12)
- This thing called hope (9/7/12)
- Mirrors and lights; dogs and ponies (9/7/12)
- Jesus of Nazareth: Physician and chaplain in one (9/7/12)
- A real thriller (9/7/12)2
- Running the Race (8/9/12)3
- They won't let you do that ... (8/3/12)
- Just one good day (7/27/12)
- The Diner (7/19/12)3
- Take heart -- and keep on living (7/5/12)1
- Like an old friend (6/28/12)
- Visiting the dark places (6/22/12)2
- What is a dad? (6/14/12)
- Another look in the rear-view mirror of time (6/7/12)
- Lazy days of summer -- in a bit of a hurry (6/1/12)1
- Memories of Decoration Day (5/24/12)
- Feel the pistons pound (5/17/12)
- One thing in common (5/10/12)2
- On the road again (5/4/12)1
- The most important spectator (4/19/12)1
- A final feast

 (4/6/12)
- A curtain torn (3/29/12)
- The Lamb of God (3/22/12)2
- Sleeping on the incline (3/15/12)
- Turn the page (3/1/12)
- Grab a ray of hope (2/24/12)
- A 'moving' experience (2/17/12)
- Elusive moments of transcendence (2/9/12)1
- Going that extra mile (2/6/12)
- Not ashamed (1/13/12)
- Be it resolved ... (12/29/11)
- Holy days and holidays (12/22/11)
- An impressive resumé (12/15/11)
- An old familiar story (12/9/11)
- Remembering Decembers past (12/2/11)
- The heavens declare His righteousness (11/17/11)1
- When our flames flicker (11/14/11)
- Understanding the Kingdom (11/1/11)
- Choosing between Kingdoms (10/20/11)
- The hammered laver (10/10/11)
- Woo hoo ... autumn (10/3/11)
- The Dark Lands (9/8/11)1
- A healing partnership (9/1/11)
- The 490 rule (8/25/11)3