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The 1975 Steven Spielberg blockbuster “Jaws” is about to return to the big screen, thanks to showings scheduled for Michigan Theater.

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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
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 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
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 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 (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
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
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

First edition (1908) "Scouting for Boys" (in three parts), by Lt General Robert Baden-Powell

Only Surviving Copy of “Scouting for Boys” Is on Display at Indiana University

May 28, 2008

Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908. It is more particularly dated to January 24 of that year with the publication of Scouting for Boys, published as a three-part set by Horace Cox, London. [1,2,3] The only recorded copy in original parts is housed at Lilly Library on the campus of Indiana University, Bloomington. It is part of a collection of more than a thousand pieces built by creator and author of ....

Rentschler Farm Museum windmill, Saline Area Historical Society

Virtual Docents Now On Duty 24/7 at Rentschler Farm Museum

November 25, 2017

Have you ever wanted to get just a little more of the history associated with a structure or exhibit you’ve seen at Rentschler Farm Museum? [1] Wished you could have been around when a Saline Area Historical Society expert was on site to tell the story? Thought it would be nice to share the experience here with others as a taste of the visit you’d like to see them make? On-demand oral histories are now ....

Sixteen Years Ago, I Set A Retail-Minded Course For Journalism in Saline From An Office On East Bennett Street

August 7, 2018

From the Publisher— As equal partner in a business that started thirty-five years ago, I felt like I should write an additional editorial for publication in Saline Journal this month. You can probably name businesses that have been around that long and even longer. But few of them are still actively run day-in, day-out by the founder. [1] That founder wasn’t me. I freely admit that I married into D² Enterprises. But anyone who knows ....

Ohio Pen Show 2021, Part 2: Mechanical pencils have their own great stories, down to grades of lead and barrel sizes

November 16, 2021

Within the fantastic expanse of authentically historic, highly customized, and brand spanking new fountain writers set out for The Ohio Pen Show, mechanical pencils appeared a niche within a niche. [1,2] That’s not to say such pieces were particularly elusive. Some exhibitors even had them highlighted in stand-alone trays; others readily pointed out their offerings when asked. But the setup by Jonathan Veley was different. In fact, extremely so. One end efficiently catered to practical writing ....

Immerse in still-mysterious disappearance of NWA Flight 2501 through traveling exhibit at Yankee Air Museum

November 30, 2020

Earlier this year, it was called “the most mysterious airline disaster in American history.” [1] The story centers around the question of “why Northwest Orient Flight 2501 vanished, taking the lives of all 58 people on board.” It was “the worst air disaster in US history at the time …, and it remains the only large, commercial plane in US history to go missing.” [2] Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 was a DC-4 prop-liner that ....