Opinion

This has been a very difficult time for myself and many other locally elected civil servants in our community. Your local township or village board members are not professionals in administration. They are regular citizens who have chosen to lend their time and effort to local governance which has meant spending countless hours researching and learning about their job and its responsibilities. Most are grossly under compensated for their time but money isnt why they do it. They are your neighbors who have families, work at local businesses, and volunteer their time to community efforts.

Today, we explore a blueprint for leadership that brings people together rather than tears them apart. One Sunday afternoon I visited a member of my congregation in the hospital, and because of her medications, she didn’t recognize me. I figured out later that she thought I was her wayward nephew. After our greeting I told her I had just come from church, and she said, “You went to church!” And then, without missing a heartbeat, she said, “You know I don’t like the new pastor as much as I do the old pastor.”

Christ’s resurrection was unlike any other resurrection in history. His resurrection was not a resurrection that would prolong life until death would one day again occur, but rather it was a more powerful resurrection that was imperishable, glorious, powerful, and immortal (1 Cor 15:42-44, 53). Christ’s resurrection was the first of many like it (1 Cor 15:20), though the rest have yet to occur until His Second Coming. Christ’s bodily resurrection also exemplifies that He has taken on a physical nature from the moment of His incarnation into the rest of eternity. This resurrected physical body is similar enough to the pre-death body that Christ was able to be recognized by His followers!

Dear Editor, Should Capital punishment be abolished in all states? Capital Punishment (the death penalty) was abolished in Michigan in 1846, but it is still carried out today in twenty-seven out of the fifty states. There are several issues with carrying out capital punishment and reasons why other states should abolish it.

Dear Editor: At what point does a person gain his rights? At what point in life does a baby receive the right to live? There should be just one answer, but because of society’s thinking and way of life, those questions may not have an answer. Because of Roe vs. Wade, a baby starts a battle right from conception. Depending on the baby’s mother, the baby will either be the safest it will ever be, in the womb, or the baby’s life will be at risk and its life outside the womb won’t be promised. Because of abortion, a baby loses its life if its mother chooses, and there is no consequence for doing so.

Dear Editor, Gideonv.WainwrightisanoldSupremeCourt case that reinforced the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, that an American citizen has the right to be provided an attorney in court if the defendant could not afford one himself.

Dear Editor: Most people have heard of the “Miranda Rights”, whether it be from a television show or from first-hand experience, but some people still don’t know how to properly use them and why they are essential to us today.

Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday School. ‘Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt . When he got to the Red Sea , he had his army build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then he radioed headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved.’ ‘Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?’ his mother asked. ‘Well, no, Mom. But, if I told it the way the teacher did, you’d never believe it!’

Alger County Renewable Energy Solutions, joint with the Michigan Environmental Council, is putting on a program on Tuesday, February 27th at 6:00 pm at Gallery Coffee Company on Green Bank Energy Financing. Featured in this program will be discussion with representatives of Michigan Saves. Michigan Saves was America’s first “Green Bank,” dedicated to helping Michiganders make energy and efficiency improvements to their homes.

We all crave to hear a real-life Easter message. Over the last year news stories about mass shootings, the war in Ukraine, the Israeli Conflict was televised nightly and filled the pages of newspapers and internet.