December 21, 2024

It’s official: No Big Ten football this fall. As reported by mLive, the “Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee” were consulted in reaching this decision in the wake of ongoing uncertainty regarding COVID-19 infection risks. The season was scheduled to have begun in a little over three weeks from today, on September 5, 2020.

via Baptist Beacon (April 1, 2022)— "Inwardly strong, outwardly focused," by Mike Durbin, State Evangelism Director for the Baptist State Convention of Michigan: Legendary football coach, Vince Lombardi, started the first day of the Green Bay Packers training camp in 1961 with a football in his right hand and these words:…

– April 10, 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 Lifeway Research (February 22, 2022)— "Most Open to Spiritual Conversations, Few Christians Speaking," by Aaron Earls: Americans are curious about the religious devotion of others and are willing to discuss the topic, but most say they rarely have conversations about faith with their Christian friends .... Half of Americans (51%)…

– March 20, 2022
via Lifeway Research (February 15, 2022)— "Most Pastors See Racial Diversity in the Church as a Goal but Not Reality," by Marissa Postell: Most Protestant pastors say every church should strive to achieve racial diversity, but few are achieving it .... There are also differences between what African American pastors are…

– February 20, 2022
Juneteenth— via Center for Faith & Culture (June 14, 2021) by Sherelle Ducksworth, sociology instructor at Louisburg College in Louisburg North Carolina: "We celebrate Juneteenth because of what this holiday reveals to us about the inherent dignity and humanity of Black people. Juneteenth reminds us that freedom is essential to…

– June 19, 2022
re United States Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization— On May 3, 2022, Heather Riggleman addressed the question "What Does the Bible Say about Abortion?" on Christianity website. "Every year, over three million women ... in the US will face an unplanned pregnancy and of those pregnancies,…

– June 24, 2022
National Day of Prayer— "How to Pray for America," via National Day of Prayer: Why pray for America? God is sovereign and nothing comes as a surprise to Him. Whether we face fluctuating economics, threats from abroad, unrest at home, or other troubling circumstances, our Heavenly Father is not caught…

– May 5, 2022
Independence Day— via Billy Graham (1970): "I find that there is a certain fear and expected cosmic judgment that hangs over our country at this hour, as the Devine timepiece ticks away. Thomas Jefferson felt this deeply when he said, 'I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God…

– July 4, 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

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Some Americans would be unsettled to learn that their favorite hero was a Black man; others, the complete opposite

February 22, 2021

“The Lone Ranger’s Black?” [1,2] As histories go, it’s hard to imagine four words that intersect more threads than those above — spoken by a fictional character. Spoken by time machine pilot Rufus Carlin during the 2016-2017 season of Timeless, it was his typically matter-of-fact reaction when he first saw Deputy Marshall Bass Reeves in the year 1882. [3,4] In 2018, “pop culture historian” Martin Grams Jr produced a 22-page white paper earnestly aimed at debunking this ....

“We’re off to see the Wizard,” and you can be, too (again), when Emagine Theatre brings “The Wizard of Oz” to Saline

January 2, 2019

Returning to the silver screen for an impressive four showings this month, Emagine Entertainment in cooperation with Fathom Events will present The Wizard of Oz, which made its debut in 1939. [1-3] January 27 (Sunday), with showings starting at 2:00pm and 5:00pm January 29 (Tuesday), with showing starting at 7:00pm January 30 (Wednesday), with showing starting at 7:00pm The plot summary on IMDb is straightforward enough. Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in ....

US border protection procedures, successes highlighted for Senator Gary Peters at DTW this morning

November 12, 2019

For those who may not be looking deeper holidays and blackout dates for travel planning these days, the second full week in November is important for reasons at once critically important any hopefully unremarkable among the general world populace. This is “International Fraud Awareness Week.” [1] Importantly, our own Michigan Senator Gary Peters took note of it. [2] With what we were told was “quite a bit of effort to coordinate,” arrangements were made for ....

When It Comes To US Elections, The Person Who Asked The Questions Doesn’t Get to Tell You The Answers

November 5, 2018

From the Editor— In the 1960s Batman TV series, the worst thing that could happen in any plot line was for the villain to reveal the heroes’ secret identities. Cue memories of Adam West, unmistakable intonation, laying out all that would be lost in his value as a crime fighter with such a revelation. [1,2] That had certainly started to change with the second =Batman motion picture starring Michael Keaton. And while audiences might not ....

State Theatre, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History partnered for “Jurassic World Dominion” premier

June 10, 2022

“Officially,” the final installment in the Jurassic Park movie franchise premiers today in the United States. But everyone knows that for motion pictures of the Jurassic World Dominion caliber, that means sometime during the evening prior. [1-3] But those who attended this pre-premier at State Theatre in Ann Arbor saw the bar raised on their experience. By special arrangement with The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History, docents were setup with a table in the ....