February 20, 2025

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.

1. Juneteenth reminds us that freedom is essential to the expression of the Imago Dei ….
2. Juneteenth instructs us to reject anthropological distortions from American slavery ….

Juneteenth and the Great Commission

1. Juneteenth shows us that freedom is vital to fulfilling the Great Commission ….
2. Juneteenth demonstrated eschatological discipleship ….

Complete feature, including its six footnotes, is titled “Explainer: What Is Juneteenth, and Why Should We Celebrate It?” accessible free online.

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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 Baptist Beacon (April 1, 2022)— "Called: Living the life God created you to live," by Karen Blanchard, women's life group leader with Lakepointe Church in Shelby Township, Michigan: The words “called” and “purpose” are buzzwords in our culture today. People are constantly searching to find their calling and purpose…

– May 1, 2022
via TED Conferences (February 1998) "Billy Graham: Technology, faith and human shortcomings": In Monterey California, The Reverend Billy Graham delivered a talk of just over twenty-six minutes to a Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) conference before a screen that projected a title of no more than, matter-of-factly, his first and…

– July 10, 2022
President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 this morning — via The White House, Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. As always and particularly in the face of this affliction, we pray for The President of the United States, his loved ones, and those in whose care he has been…

– July 21, 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
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
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 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 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

"Automation Open House" at Washtenaw Community College

“Everybody Isn’t Cut Out for Trade Work,” Advises Dr Rose Bellanca, Washtenaw Community College President

May 21, 2018

Parents of Saline High School seniors set to graduate on June 3 are likely to remember the career aspirations given voices by their own classmates a generation ago. [1] Circa 1994, Bill Clinton was early in his first term and it was exciting to think about work in the political arena. NASA was safely thirty-five shuttle missions post-Challenger, “the Internet was the next big thing in technology,” and “Y2K” had yet to justify massive increases ....

I’ve found it best to cover “news” as a journalist who seasons his craft with a healthy dollop of “historian” mindset

February 3, 2020

From the Editor— In his marvelous book James Bond: The Man and His World, Henry Chancellor referenced an often cited story of 007 creator Ian Fleming as young reporter with Reuters on assignment to cover the Metropolitan-Vickers trial in the Soviet Union. [1-4] “As the events unfolded,” Mr Chancellor wrote, “Fleming took great pleasure in competing with other journalists to get his copy home first Though he was certainly the most inexperienced among them, he ....

Washtenaw County Clerk Says There Is “Absolutely” No Reason To Worry About 2018 Election Result Integrity In Michigan

November 4, 2018

With so much discussion of potential “election tampering,” it’s understandable that voters would like to be assured, substantively, that there’s no cause for concern here in Michigan. [1] The best authority to address that here is Washtenaw County Clerk Larry Kestenbaum. He has served in this position since 2005, after having been elected himself, as a Democrat. Prior to that, he was perhaps most widely known for his “Political Graveyard” website. [2,3,4] When Saline Journal ....

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 ....