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Sermon excerpt on the topic of physical, emotional and spiritual healing through Christ.
Voting that day for primary and the district leaders in the 4th ward, 1st district
Happy Mother’s Day to All of You Whom I Am Honored to Have By My Side.
Truth always get one further in life, but one must make a prior in life in all situations.
Age is Just a Number When It Comes to Being a Mother!
Frank answers a woman who is struggling with getting her son away from an addictive environment despite financial struggles.
Frank answers a person who thinks politics may be hurting a friendship. Need advice? E-mail frankadvice1@gmail.com
Frank responds to a woman who wants to help strengthen family ties between her fiance and his brother. Need advice? E-mail frankadvice1@gmail.com.
Frank answers a man whose decision may have been based on something other than what he truly believed was right.
In this installment, Frank answers a father whose son "tells it like it is," often to the detriment of his social life. Need advice? E-mail frankadvice1@gmail.com.
Frank answers a woman whose boyfriend is treating his adult son with kid gloves.
Introducing "Frank Advice"! Ask for advice on relationships, mental health or life in general: e-mail frankadvice1@gmail.com.
Ankle sprains are a common sports injury, but proper treatment and diagnosis are important. Think of PRICEMM.
As a new film premieres to tell the tale of the Red Tail pilots, we must remember the Belleville son who perished in battle in skies over Germany 66 years ago.
The gift of an Amazon Kindle for Christmas made me reflect on how our high-speed culture has impacted reading and literacy.
A closed firehouse may seem like "just a sign of the times," but actually makes us a lot less safe.
A sermon excerpt about Christmas, wise men, giving
It could be said that the American Revolution began here in the Village of Second River and that one of our fiery, eloquent, tenacious civic ancestors was largely responsible for it.
Visiting his elementary after 45 years kindles memories and opens hatch for current batch of students to hear neighborhood history.
Proposing, marrying and celebrating all in one place. The church.
Jack Carroll, the pride of Silver Lake, was a well known big band crooner during the 1940s and 1950s. A popular entertainer, his career spanned six decades.
From the earliest grades to grad schools everywhere, when that end of school bell rings out the day, children queue, nickel in hand, to be the first to reach the candy counter at the corner store.
Coworkers tried not to be obvious as they craned to see if my new wife scored my brown bag lunch orange as my mom had for the past five years.
Flying Billie Walsh; Belleville's famous pioneer aviatrix, was a Spanish teacher at Belleville High School.
Sermon excerpt
Remembering 9/11
Ten years after the September 11, 2001, terrorists' attacks on the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, here is a look at how that ordinary day changed into a day of infamy.
I want everyone to remember and support those who lost someone or was injury during attach of 9/11. This is the 10 Anniversary and I believe everyone should support this time.
These days you can’t walk far without passing a pizza joint, but youngsters, it wasn’t always so easy to enjoy a pizza at home, it was a rare and special treat for dinner.
Prayer for all affected by hurricane Irene.
Things to do during a blackout/storm.
Kids in my old neighborhood found fun things to entertain them during a summer storm from watching the sidewalk steam away its heat to dodging raindrops to call one another out to play.
How could anyone, let alone my older sister, move to a state where you can’t get Taylor ham, good veal cutlets or Brookdale soda? Well, I’d just have to trail her to find the attraction.
We're seeing places long gone, our old friends and hearing their calls on those old streets, we're remembering ballgames, fires, and we are all as alive as ever knowing we are from Belleville.
Belleville's social media group is going viral, as Bellevillites remember their shared past as well as favorite haunts including long gone Belle Maid bakery, the bog, Grant's and more.
Kids summer program helps supply local Food Pantry.
Hot summer nights on our dead end street were full of mosquitoes, fireflies, kids playing Sputnik, and an interminable wait for Jerry the Ice Cream Man.
Six local soldiers were killed in action in the War Between the States. All but one rest in peace at military cemeteries near the battlefields where they died.
Four decades later, I return to the pipeline. The dragon's tail is less pronounced, and full-grown trees hide the view of homes on Sycamore.