April 23, 2026

With less than seven days to go in his presidency, the United States House of Representatives today has just impeached Donald J Trump (again).

CNN reporters Fernando Alfonso III, Mike Hayes, Melissa Macaya, Melissa Mahtania, Veronica Rocha, and Meg Wagner are continuing with live updates at this time. See “House impeaches Trump for role in deadly Capitol riot,” updated 5:56pm today.

via Southern Baptist Convention (February 26, 2019)— "Who's Your One?" Day 1: John 14:6, "Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. 'No one comes to the Father except through me.' [English Standard Version] "An Online Bible Commentary You Can Understand" titled "Bible Ref"…

– July 17, 2022
Resurrection Sunday— In anticipation of this day, Reverend Brett Younger of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn New York recently wrote, "... people in the United States will wish Easter felt like it did three years ago. They will put on new shoes and wonder if .... On Easter Sunday, people in…

– April 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 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 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
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
via Jesus Calling (2004), by Sarah Young— "I am with you, watching over you constantly ...." Matthew 1:23 "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us" [King James Version] Psalm 34:5…

– May 29, 2022
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 Got Questions (December 26, 2018)— "How is Satan god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4)": "The phrase 'god of this world' (or 'god of this age') indicates that Satan is the major influence on the ideals, opinions, goals, hopes and views of the majority of people. His influence also…

– July 3, 2022

Mangiamo Italian Grill, on West Michigan Avenue in downtown Saline MI

Support Downtown Saline Restaurants Now: Mangiamo Italian Grill

June 22, 2016

Last night we had dinner at Mangiamo Italian Grill on West Michigan Avenue. [1] It was well after 6:00pm when we arrived, but construction crews were only then starting to pack up for the day. We paused before entering the restrant to thank one of the guys for their hard work on behalf of our city. [2] The photograph above obviously wasn’t made recently. Streetscape reflections in the windows were very different then. No chance ....

Universal Die Casting exhibit at Cobo Hall trade show 1984

Saline Has Been Providing Detroit Auto Show Content for Decades

January 11, 2018

When the 2018 “North American International Auto Show” opens this weekend, Detroit will have nothing on Saline. Over three decades ago, local automotive parts manufacturer Universal Die Casting exhibited at Cobo Center and we covered it just after our own first year in business. [1,2] The photograph above is from the then-separate “Automotive News World Expo,” more focused on suppliers. Newly released Pontiac Fiero coupes could be seen about on the floor as illustrations of ....

Wedding Planners Should Check Out New Display at Saline History Museum

May 5, 2018

One of the first major changes to come with the expanded mission of the Saline History Museum is a fantastic display titled “19th Century Saline: Love & Marriage.” It’s not hard to find generic, distant descriptions of wedding events from those times. But from the heartland? That’s far less common. [1,2,3,4] The first thing you are likely to notice in the Saline exhibit is a period wedding gown. One of the advantages of housing exhibits ....

If “the camera never lies,” how do so many publications manage to put out objectively deceptive photographs?

November 4, 2019

From the Editor— I’ve been bothered by insistance that “the camera never lies” almost as long as I’ve been using cameras. [1] My first camera was a gently-used Argus Autronic I 35mm rangefinder film model fitted with a fixed-focal-length Cintar Compur 50mm f/2.8 lens, produced in the early- to mid-1960s. My dad got me started with it later that same decade. [2,3] It had (and still has) what was commonly referred to at the time ....

Week 4 of the Saline Singularity competitive robot build wrapped up with a working model, and ninety minutes to spare

February 2, 2019

When the FIRST Robotics Team 5066 meeting got started yesterday per schedule at 6:00pm, everyone was keenly aware of their self imposed interim deadline of February 1, end of workday. [1] That was the target for turning a fully functioning robot over to the programming team. As the completed chassis and elevator framework awaited handling in another area, the CAD sub-team lead ran the numbers on maximum dimensions compliance, projecting visuals onto a screen before ....