2013

Tucker '48 sedan, on display at Gilmore Car Museum in Michigan

See an Original Tucker ’48 Motorcar on Display at Gilmore Car Museum

September 30, 2013 Dell Deaton

via Baptist Beacon (May 2, 2022)— "Be the Church in the marketplace" by Coye L Bouyer, founding pastor of Kingdom Life Church, in Lansing, Michigan: This is a classic story of what God can and will do when lay people begin to take seriously the Lord’s call on their life to…

– May 15, 2022
via What Christians Want to Know (May 27, 2019)— "Should Christians Protest Or Demonstrate?" by Jack Wellman, Christian author, prison minister, and pastor of Heritage Evangelical Free Church, in Udall, Kansas: ... especially when they see injustice? ... The Bible admonishes us to 'Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights…

– June 12, 2022
via Samaritan's Purse (March 23, 2022)— "Ukraine Updates: Ukraine Updates: Fifth Airlift Departs with Ukraine Relief; Medical Care at Four Locations; Food and Other Distributions Underway": A fifth Samaritan’s Purse airlift departed today carrying more than 19 tons of relief, including medical supplies for area hospitals as we work to…

– March 27, 2022
via Lifeway Research (September 1, 2021)— "Most Americans Know and Trust Their Neighbors," by Aaron Earls: Despite quarantines and social distancing keeping people in their homes during the pandemic, Americans still say they know their neighbors. Almost 7 in 10 U.S. adults (68%) say they trust the people who live in…

– January 17, 2022
via Southern Baptist Convention (February 26, 2019)— "Who's Your One?" Day 10: Romans 10:1-3, "Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of…

– July 24, 2022
via America: The Jesuit Review (May 20, 2022)— "On May 20, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said in a public statement that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a life-long Catholic, will be barred from Communion in her home diocese of San Francisco. Gloria Purvis, the host of America Media’s 'The Gloria…

– May 22, 2022
Maundy Thursday— "On this Thursday before Good Friday, Christians of all colors and stripes celebrate three events on the last night our Lord spent with his apostles before the Crucifixion: the washing of the disciples’ feet, the suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane and the betrayal of Judas Iscariot. "The…

– April 14, 2022
via Center for Faith and Culture (January 10, 2022)— "How Christians Can Prepare for the US Supreme Court's Monumental Abortion Ruling," by Jessica Prol Smith, fifteen-year public policy write-in Cumberland, Maryland: "Know your audience and seek to win hearts, not just minds .... Christians believe that every image-bearer — born…

– June 26, 2022
via Baptist Beacon (February 2, 2022)— "The difference in knowing and loving," by Mike Durbin, State Evangelism Director for the Baptist State Convention of Michigan, re Famed jeweler Harry Winston: A customer entered Winston’s store in New York City to buy a special diamond. One of his salesmen, his most knowledgeable…

– February 13, 2022

Stephen Junga, at Junga's ACE Hardware store in Saline Michigan

It Wasn’t the Internet That Drove Plans for a New Hardware Store in Saline

May 9, 2018

Stephen Junga will someday be the “Junga” of Junga’s ACE Hardware here. If you’re a local merchant struggling to imagine long-term future success in an increasingly web-based world, this insight may be the key to assuring your own path forward. In Part 1 of this two-part series, it became clear that even those who write for the Internet on the future of the Internet aren’t so sure of its once argued inevitable take over of ....

Residential home listing in the City of Saline

Your House Is Probably Not on the Market in Saline, but Maybe It Should Be

April 8, 2018

When is the best time of year to list your home for sale in Michigan? Like most things Internet, opinions vary. [1,2] What is certain locally? These numbers from the Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors: Single family home listings were down 12.4% (condos down 7%) during February of this year compared to 2017. That meant less inventory available for buyers. At the same time, homes were selling within 2% of average listing price, indicating ....

See an Original Tucker ’48 Motorcar on Display at Gilmore Car Museum

September 30, 2013

Tucker automobiles are an important part of automotive history in general and the industrial legacy of Washtenaw County in particular. [1] This “Car of the Future” was the brainchild of a former General Motors clerk and later Packard dealership vice president Preson Tucker. Just after the end of World War II, he leased a Chicago plant formerly used for production by Chrysler Corporation and later to build B-29 bombers. He was gearing up to start ....

“Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes” exhibition at The Henry Ford hooks visitors into exciting story behind the story

December 23, 2020

As exhibitions go, it’s hard to imagine a more ambitious undertaking that Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes, running now through January 31, 2021 at The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. [1,2] Michiganders know the genre. A dizzying aray of Comic Cons reflect passion as well as deep understanding of myriad details, layers, and standards that give substance to the incredibly rich worlds in which frequently interwoven stories unfold. [3,4] The standard by which any museum ....

Year-end Washtenaw Economic Club lunch presentation connected with community leaders on value of diversity

November 8, 2019

Where does one begin a talk on diversity before a local business leaders luncheon? Featured speaker Marlin G Williams was presumably chosen by Washtenaw Economic Club leadership for her professional expertise, with requisite summary in promotional materials, then more generously endorsed when she was introduced yesterday by Washtenaw Community College President Dr Rose Bellanca. [2-4] “Why is it important?” is a questions undoubtedly on the mind of some. Is it practical if even possible to gain a ....

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See an Original Tucker ’48 Motorcar on Display at Gilmore Car Museum