December 19, 2024

New online civil rights violation reporting portal launched by United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, under the Administration of President Donald J Trump.

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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
Memorial Day— via Billy Graham (1953): "'When American people and the people of the world begin seeking the righteousness of God first and the kingdom of God first, then we are going to see an end to strife and war and problems and suffering.' In this 1953 Hour of Decision…

– May 30, 2022
re United States Supreme Court decision in Kennedy v Bremerton School District— On April 4, 2022, Compelling Truth revisited the question, "What is the separation of church and state?" Noting that this "is not foundation and is not found in the US Constitution," this assessment went on to assert that…

– June 27, 2022
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
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
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 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
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

Automobiles from bygone eras, mounted police, and James Bond watches were your 2020 Instagram favorites here

December 31, 2020

Following two years of ambivalence on the Instagram platform, Saline Journal settled into using it to make original image contributions that follow “National Day Calendar” styled proscriptions. [1,2] Following that lead, some “days” aren’t days at all — with labels that can span an entire week, even month. Admittedly, further liberties are occasionally taken as well. Last November 15, Detroit Institute of Arts did in fact open a limited engagement gallery featuring the works of photographer ....

FIRST Robotics Competition “Byting Bulldogs” Team 3539 from Romeo Michigan, at Army Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence Symposium and Exposition in 2018

FIRST Robotics Competition 2019 season officially kicks off Saturday; here’s the background you need to follow it

January 3, 2019

Last May, Saline Journal introduced readers to FIRST Inspires offerings just after its initial Championship of current four-year rotation to Detroit. [1,2] Our local high school team, number 5066 and known as “Saline Singularity” started its preparations for the 2019 season on October 2 — with an eye toward being ready to start strong when the latest game challenge is released worldwide this coming January 5 at 10:30am. They compete at FIRST Robotic Competition (FRC) level, ....

Rising tide of abortion legislation in state legislatures leads me to believe this will be a key issue in 2020 elections

May 6, 2019

From the Editor— It’s become increasingly common to hear presidential candidates’ positions on Roe v Wade dismissed as a non-issue, arguing that it is “settled law.” [1-4] I’ve often questioned the fundamental premise of this debate — for both sides. We’re talking about a Supreme Court Opinion here. The United States Constitution makes it clear that laws come from the legislative branch. This was also covered in an episode of Schoolhouse Rock as well for those who eschew reading ....

Reasons Why Customers Continue to Shop at Convenience Stores

September 11, 2017

When fire shuttered our local Dollar General last October, Saline lost an important option for convenience store shopping on its East Michigan Avenue corridor. [1,2] The value of this thankfully temporary loss to the City of Saline may be put into perspective by looking at nationwide numbers. According to the most recent National Association of Convenience Stores and Nielsen study: “US convenience store count increased to a record 154,535 stores” in 2016. [3] The well-established ....

Emagine Theatre In Saline Starts Christmas Celebration Early With Classic “Die Hard” Movie Screenings

November 8, 2018

While it’s true that there are other holiday favorites, few likely expand definition of the Christmas movie genre (and audience) like the original Die Hard from 1988, starring Bruce Willis. Thanks again to Fathom Events, it returns to the big screen at Emagine Theatre Saline with four showings. [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11] November 11 (Sunday), with showings starting at 2:00pm and 7:00pm November 14 (Wednesday), with showings starting at 2:00pm and 7:00pm Plot summary on IMDb: “John McClane, ....