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Last time, we looked at the geography of prayer. We don’t send our prayers off to a distant God in heaven. The word for “heaven” in our passage is plural in the Gospel’s original language. It’s “heavens,” which is also our word for sky. God inhabits the invisible space all around us. God is as close to us as the air we breathe.

Many landowners across the Midwest have learned how valuable a forest management plan is for understanding and responsibly caring for their forest property. A management plan gives you a detailed inventory of your property, including the number of trees and species, the condition and health of the forest, the types of wildlife you’re likely to see and more.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is soliciting applications for open volunteer positions on the Eastern and Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Councils. The councils are designed to advise the DNR on regional programs and policies, identify areas in which the department can be more effective and responsive, and offer insight and guidance from members’ own experiences and from the public.

An early look at some film gave Munising girls volleyball head coach Josh Cole a good feeling on how to beat Norway. The Mustangs proved his premonition to be true, as they took down the Knights in straight sets on Tuesday, Oct. 29 — 25-14, 25-16 and 25-6 — and much of it was thanks to their steady serving.

In the recently completed regular season, the Superior Central girls volleyball team twice defeated Rapid River by a 3-1 margin. So when the bracket was released for the Division 4 district tournament being played this week in Munising, and the Cougars saw they were scheduled to face Rapid River in the first round on Monday night, perhaps they expected another comfortable victory.