PEORIA MAGAZINE October 2023

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Letter from the Editor	7
Seed and Soil: Roots	8
Seed and Soil: That Old-Time Rural Religion	10
Dish and Drink: ‘A Church for Good Times and Good Food’	14
Dish and Drink: What’s Cookin’ — Apple Cider Chicken with Apples and Butternut Squash	19
Cocktail Class: An Old-Fashioned Old Fashioned	21
Mom and Pop: A Family Affair	24
Mom and Pop: Need a Parochial School Uniform?	28
Hometown: Direct Descendants	32
The Rise of the ‘Virtual Church’	36
Changes Afoot in Peoria Catholic Diocese	38
A Religion, a Culture, A ‘Way of Life’	42
‘The Will of Allah’	46
Everyone is Equal Before God	48
An Alternative to Health Insurance	50
20 Something: Commentary MIA in the Pews	54
Central Illinois’ ‘Megachurches’	58
‘You Must Not Kneel Here’	62
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Retools for the 21st Century	64
Playing in Peoria: ‘Doing Sports God’s Way’	66
Playing in Peoria: Religion Radio	70
Playing in Peoria: ‘More of the Different’	72
ArtsPartners Calendar	74
At a Crossroads	78
The Bible as A Business Model	80
A Come-to-Jesus Moment, and A Business is Born	82
EconCorner: An interview with Yafei Guo, University of Illinois	86
The Pagan Path	90
Wordcount: Stories To Shock and Disturb	94
Curtain Call: Commentary Mary Beth Nebel: One for The Books	96
Peoria Retro: Eureka College, Founded by Religious Abolitionists	100
In a World Spinning Too Fast, Faith Still Has a Place	102
Launching Pad: Introducing Peoria Kiwanis Club	104
Out & About	106
In Brief	108
One More Thing: A Musical Wunderkind Lands in Peoria	110
Thank You, Advertisers	112

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