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Training in Christianity: The invitation and the inviter
Faith and spirituality

Training in Christianity: The invitation and the inviter

April 11, 2025 Mike Williams
Training in Christianity: Second part of his life
Faith and spirituality

Training in Christianity: Second part of his life

March 1, 2025 Mike Williams
Training in Christianity: First period of his life
Faith and spirituality

Training in Christianity: First period of his life

February 28, 2025 Mike Williams
Training in Christianity: The Inviter
Faith and spirituality

Training in Christianity: The Inviter

February 21, 2025 Mike Williams
Training in Christianity: The Obstacle
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Training in Christianity: The Obstacle

February 14, 2025 Mike Williams
Training in Christianity: Invocation
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Training in Christianity: Invocation

February 13, 2025 Mike Williams

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Faith and spirituality

Training in Christianity: The invitation and the inviter
Faith and spirituality

Training in Christianity: The invitation and the inviter

April 11, 2025 Mike Williams

Already “tired of winning” It is no secret that the first two months of the new administration have been chaotic

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Training in Christianity: Second part of his life
Faith and spirituality

Training in Christianity: Second part of his life

March 1, 2025 Mike Williams
Training in Christianity: First period of his life
Faith and spirituality

Training in Christianity: First period of his life

February 28, 2025 Mike Williams
Training in Christianity: The Inviter
Faith and spirituality

Training in Christianity: The Inviter

February 21, 2025 Mike Williams
Training in Christianity: The Obstacle
Faith and spirituality

Training in Christianity: The Obstacle

February 14, 2025 Mike Williams
Training in Christianity: Invocation
Faith and spirituality

Training in Christianity: Invocation

February 13, 2025 Mike Williams

Counseling and mental health

Man’s Search for Meaning
Mental Health

Man’s Search for Meaning

December 30, 2023 Mike Williams

First semester assignment: Man’s Search for Meaning video presentation Central Methodist University: Introduction to Clinical Counseling Dr. Andrew Benesh, Fall

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Counseling Career Plan
Mental Health

Counseling Career Plan

December 30, 2023 Mike Williams
Existentialist Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Mental Health

Existentialist Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

December 30, 2023 Mike Williams
First semester down: and I didn’t flunk out
Mental Health

First semester down: and I didn’t flunk out

December 21, 2023 Mike Williams

Life on two wheels

Black History Month ride to Pennytown
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Black History Month ride to Pennytown

February 3, 2025 Mike Williams

Learning about a piece of Missouri’s Black history After nearly a month of snow storms and icy roads, today the

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2025 First Ride
Bikes

2025 First Ride

January 27, 2025 Mike Williams
ALR Update: January 2025
Bikes

ALR Update: January 2025

January 13, 2025 Mike Williams
2024 ALR Car, Truck, and Bike Show
Bikes

2024 ALR Car, Truck, and Bike Show

June 1, 2024 Mike Williams

Blog and other writing

Slowly waiting: 2024 year in review
Blog

Slowly waiting: 2024 year in review

January 1, 2025 Mike Williams

2024 was not supposed to look like this As 2024 comes to an end, I remain utterly amazed by how

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National Voter Registration Day
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National Voter Registration Day

September 17, 2024 Mike Williams
Six months where everything changed
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Six months where everything changed

August 13, 2024 Mike Williams
Benton-Stephens here we come
Blog

Benton-Stephens here we come

June 3, 2024 Mike Williams

Aviation and flying

Book Review: Colonel Cody and the Flying Cathedral
Aviation

Book Review: Colonel Cody and the Flying Cathedral

January 2, 2025 Mike Williams

Iowa cowboy becomes Britain’s first pilot Growing up in eastern Iowa, I had no idea that one of the most

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FSX: hand flying to the Motor City
Aviation

FSX: hand flying to the Motor City

February 6, 2023 Mike Williams
FSX: winter flying in Indiana
Aviation

FSX: winter flying in Indiana

February 4, 2023 Mike Williams
FS2020 Flight Training
Aviation

FS2020 Flight Training

February 17, 2022 Mike Williams
Tally Jo is slowly winning over her older friends. Tally Jo is slowly winning over her older friends. Layla Lou even consented to sharing her window seat. This is a big deal. 

The ice is breaking. 

#almostbuddies
#trikittens 
#catsofinstagram
After worship, hospital visits, and exam grading, After worship, hospital visits, and exam grading, we finally got a chance to catch up on the laundry. Raya is particularly fond of the sock folding process. 

#laundrycat
#catsofinstagram
#trikittens
After a long day of grading, writing, and hospital After a long day of grading, writing, and hospital visits, everyone in the Santoro-Williams household is ready for a good night's rest. Raya has already been in bed for an hour pleading for us to join her. 

She may be annoyed at us for taking so long, but at least the blanket is properly warmed up. 

Good night all! 

#trikittens 
#bedtime 
#catsofinstagram
Video games for cats. A couple weeks after getti Video games for cats. 

A couple weeks after getting acquainted the tri-kittens are starting to work together like a finely tuned machine. With their efforts combined they managed to rack up a total of 63 squished mice on the tablet. 

Some programmer definitely had too much time on their hands, but if technology helps wear the girls out before bedtime, we're definitely going to take advantage of it.

#playdate
#cattoy 
#catsofinstagram 
#trikittens
To prevent them from scarfing down their food and To prevent them from scarfing down their food and making themselves sick, we bought the co-kittens a puzzle feeder a couple years ago. It has been fairly successful and requires them to deliberately work the nibblets down three layers of holes before they can eat.

Meanwhile, Talia has been eating her kitten chow safely separated from her two bigger friends in another room. That is beginning to change. 

The first step was us supervising with the door open. Raya, in particular, likes to hang around just in case Talia overlooks any of the delicious soft kitten food in her bowl. Next step was letting Talia watch the big girls. She liked to sniff around but couldn't quite work out how to get to the nibblets. 

This weekend she cracked the code. Talia has an important advantage over her larger teammates, her head still fits in the hole at the top. Rather than delicately work the food through the maze, she just waits for the coast to clear and drives straight in. 

At first Raya and Layla were somewhat put out by the little one's uncouth behavior, and walked away, but today they realized that letting Talia shake the tower like an apple tree makes their jobs easier. They simply sit back, let her put in all the effort, and reap the delicious rewards. 

I'll admit this is not the way I expected the girls to finally make peace with each other, but it's hard to argue with the results. 

#improviseadaptovercome
#catsofinstagram
#cokittens
#trikittens
A journalistic legend comes to town. Tonight Lil A journalistic legend comes to town. 

Tonight Lily's department welcomed NPR's Steve Inskeep for the biennial Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy distinguished lecture. Inskeep spoke about how Abraham Lincoln succeeded in a divided America and offered insights on how his example might still be relevant today. 

To make the night even more exciting, closing remarks were offered by one of Lily's award winning graduate students. Very proud of the important work that Lily and all her colleagues are doing in this crazy moment in our nation's history. 

#kinderinstitute
#mizzou 
#constitutionaldemocracy
Happy Taliaversary! Two months ago today this fea Happy Taliaversary!

Two months ago today this fearsome 1.4 pounds of fighting fury entered the world with her four siblings. Our fingers and toes will never be the same again. 

#cokittens 
#catsofinstagram
During finals week it is critical to put on one's During finals week it is critical to put on one's thinking cat. 

#studybuddy 
#gradschool 
#catsofinstagram 
#cokittens
Thanks to Rev. Russ Cobb for the invitation to pre Thanks to Rev. Russ Cobb for the invitation to preach and officiate communion at Salem UCC in McGirk and the United Church of Christ of California. The hospitality was incredible and it was a blessing to see the amazing ministry both congregations are doing in their community.
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