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Q: How could a loving God command genocide? God told Israel to kill all of the Canaanites: men, women, and children! Part Two: Last week we addressed this question by recalling God’s absolute authority over creation and the fact we are all deserving of judgment even before we are born. There are a couple more points that pertain to this discussion: these are the differences between man and God, as well as the nature of the value of human life. Actions such as genocide are forbidden to human beings because our wisdom, perspective and c...
Now I’ve heard it all . . . no, I’m sure something else will come up in the future to change that statement. What I’m talking about is the latest reason the U. S. government seems to be such a condition that many, many people have lost faith in it and the current president. Someone in the government explained the president’s apparent bumbling of most everything from the southern border to Afghanistan by saying: “Biden is doing the best he can.” As if the current problem(s) (and there are many) are not his fault, but because of someone else. Mos...
I’m happy to say Jacob is good to go! Apparently, he has angered the nerves in his forearm, and the doctor told him it would stop hurting as soon as he quits using it as a battle-ax. He gets to wear an extra pad from now on when playing football. He used the last week planning for his future. Tuesday, he was allowed to ride along with the recruiter to his dad’s for his signature. Wednesday, we tried to remember every address we have ever had; I really should have kept a copy of what I gave to Robert’s recruiter. Then Thursday and Friday, he ha...
It’s getting to the end of the camping season and that saddens me. I know not everyone feels the same as I do about time at the lakes with a camper trailer. Years ago, when our sons were young, my husband and I thought we needed to get away from the farming duties and our outside jobs for a day or two. Quality time with our boys was important to us. We came up with the idea of purchasing a camper trailer and going to some place for time together. With the closest lake only a few miles away from our farm, we knew chores could still be done if n...
After learning two high school mates of mine observed their 54th wedding anniversary last week, I have been wondering where the years went. It shouldn’t been a shock for I walked across the Superior Auditorium stage and received my diploma 57 years ago. But the couples I took wedding photos of have remained forever young in my mind. I was the hired photographer when Tim and Lana Shotzman were married at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in the fall of 1967. They were young then and I still think of them as a newly married couple. After taking two...
Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: How could a loving God command genocide? God told Israel to kill all of the Canaanites, men women and children! Part One: The first question I would have to ask this person is whether they are accusing God of injustice or inconsistency? In order to accuse God of injustice we would have to know more about justice than God does and be powerful enough to hold Him to our point of view. I don’t see that happening any time soon. If our wish is to reconcile God’s love and goodness with his sterner com...
Puffs The more things change . . . the more they stay the same. I wasn’t sure how to begin this week as I just came across a couple of items from different sources I would like to tie together that might just help explain some activities of our current political world. First off, from Pope Francis himself: “Division and exclusion come from Satan.” His actual quote was: “Because the devil, who is the divider – this is what the word ‘devil’ means – always insinuates suspicions to divide and exclude.” Keep that in mind as I’m going back in histo...
Well, Jacob is on the injured list again, not sure how severe. I’m going to have to start selling organs to be able to pay to fix his limbs! We are working away at the money pit. I’m starting to feel like that is going to be my story for the foreseeable future. I’ve started to patch and repair plaster. It’s not hard work, just tedious, and there is so much plaster to repair. The texturizing will be the hard part. George is getting ready to install the new furnace. He was working on the electrical, but we ran out of wire and light fixture...
The woman who lives in this editor’s house is trying to tame a stray cat. When I first moved into town, a number of feral cats lived in and around a vacant and dilapidated house that was across the street and down the alley. With those cats on the prowl, a rodent didn’t have a chance in our neighborhood, but that house was removed to make way for the construction of the Superior Public Library. Since then, neighborhood changes have increased the rodent food supply. Consequently, Rita decided to befriend a stray cat with the expectation it wil...
The country roads are busy this week with the fall harvest in full swing but they are also scenic. The fall colors are appearing. Travelers can take time to enjoy the rural fall happenings. Some of the early leafing trees are beginning to show some colors here and there. Some of the cottonwoods are even losing their leaves. The draws in the pastures are featuring colorful wildflowers and plumes of the tall native grasses. Bright yellows can be seen in the Goldenrods, the Fringeleaf Tuckseed, and the thick Maximillian Sunflowers. Blue and...
Writing for the New York Times on Monday, David Leohard said, “COVID’s partisan pattern is growing more extreme. During the early months of COVID-19 vaccinations, several major demographic groups lagged in receiving shots, including Black Americans, Latino Americans and Republican voters. More recently, the racial gaps — while still existing — have narrowed. The partisan gap, however, continues to be enormous. A Pew Research Center poll in August found that 86 percent of Democratic voters had received at least one shot, compared with 60 perc...
Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: Are there prophets in the world today? A: To “prophesy” in the Bible fundamentally means to “speak under the influence of someone or something else.” It can refer to insane babbling (I Samuel 18:10), speech inspired by evil spirits (II Chronicles 18:18-22), faithfully communicating messages from God (Ezra 5:1), or recording God’s messages, which would eventually become the books of the Bible (Hebrews 1:1). Do any or all of these activities continue in modern times? Leaving insane babbling...
Educational . . . Reading, that is . . . Ya, I’ve always considered reading was a good way to get part of your education. Not the only way, but a good way. And, if you find something you enjoy, the education can be fun as well. I recently said I was enjoying a book on President Truman, his life and time as president. My earliest memory of Mr. Truman came from those who described his time as president in the phrase: “Give them Hell, Harry.” Hearing that phrase for most of my life I concluded he governed in a sort of a “bombastic” way, loud and p...
I’ve been burning the candle at both ends again, and this morning I felt it. This middle-aged stuff is for the birds! It feels as though I’ve been going at it non-stop for the past few weeks and crawled out of bed today on the wrong side, late, feeling like I got hit by a truck. My family keeps calling me a workaholic. I prefer to call it goal orientated. Stubborn comes to mind as well, focused even, possibly insane, but not a workaholic, not really. When I want something, like really bad, I have tunnel vision like no other. I can’t think...
Verna Jane Lewis, 79, of Burr Oak, died Sept. 26 at Superior. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 1, at Highland Cemetery, near Northbranch. Friends may call or stop by from 4 to 8 p.m.,on Thursday at the Megrue-Price Funeral Home, Superior....
I occasionally answer questions about Bob’s Popcorn Palace as people recall buying big bags of popcorn from the stand operated by the late Bob Oglevie. After his stand closed Bob rode his bicycle from his quarters in the Good Samaritan home at the north edge of Superior down to The Superior Express, a distance of about a mile. Here he helped with janitorial duties. He felt sorry for this editor and one day came in carrying a front basket for my bicycle. He thought a basket would help me carry things. He didn’t realize my long legs often col...
Do you have your “Bucket List” written down and starting to cross things off of it? For those who haven’t heard of what a Bucket List is, it’s a list visiting places, doing things and seeing sights a person wants to do or see before they leave this ole world behind. Sounds a little morbid but facing the facts, the appointed time will come, sometimes sooner than later. When I first heard the term Bucket List, it was when my husband and I attended the 2007 movie so named. It starred two seasoned actors, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. The sto...
Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: Is it sinful to have doubts or questions about God? If so, how can I get rid of them? A: It is not sinful to have doubts or questions about God. There are far too many examples in Scripture of godly believers sharing their struggles with God and other mature believers to think that. Some examples include a man named Asaph who felt that God was being unfair in allowing evil people to prosper (Ps. 73), as well as the prophet Habakkuk who decided he was going to sit on a watchtower until God...
Roadside flowers . . . Jerusalem Artichokes, (or whatever those sunflower looking flowers are), tall Blue Stem grass and Goldenrod . . . ya, it’s autumn regardless of what the calendar says. Roadside ditches have gotten a bad rap over the years. However, for a month or two in the Fall, they take on a special beauty as the grasses and flowers take over and give us a pleasant view to enjoy. However . . . Please don’t stop on a highway and pick any of those flowers or grasses. Last week, just a couple of miles west of Lawrence, I noticed a car...
Last week was eventful! It was homecoming at the high school, so being the paper lady and a senior football mom had me running in circles. Thankfully the other senior mom, yep, there are only two of us this year, was on top of things. She organized everything. I was just required to show up. I offered to help several times, but she assured me she had it all under control. At first, I was a little taken aback by it, but she did an amazing job, and who am I to stand in the way. Besides, I’m better at the “moral support” and “go fetch and carry...
September 11, brings mixed feelings to mind of horror, shock, sorrow, disbelief and even vengeance. It’s hard to believe it was 20 years ago the tragic attacks happened that destroyed the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York, part of the Pentagon on the outskirts of our Nation’s Capitol, and later the crash of an airplane as heroic passengers were overtaking the hijackers. Those who remember that day will never forget it. Even though we in the Midwest were thousands of miles away, we felt the pain and horror as we knew our bel...
Monday morning’s mail brought to the newspaper office a subscription renewal from Margaret Houtz of Wray, Colo. Her renewal card reminded me of a nice old gentleman who I had the privilege of serving while working for my father at Blauvelt’s Station. The gentleman was Bill Houtz. My parents said he had operated a truck line bringing merchandise from the city wholesalers to stores in Superior and the surrounding area. I was surprised to learn he had operated a truck line for he didn’t fit this li...
Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: If I disapprove of someone’s lifestyle aren’t I being judgmental? A: Properly responding to the sins of other people is a delicate balancing act, particularly in today’s atmosphere of hypersensitivity. While Christians are sometimes required to share the truth about sin with others, the sins that we ought to be the most aware of and concerned about are our own (1 Timothy 1:15)! If we are going to avoid the pitfalls of hypocrisy, condemnation and self-righteousness we must examine ourse...
9-11 . . . If you watched TV at all this past week (especially Saturday, 9-11-2021) you were fully immersed in the commemoration of the Islamic extremists’ terror attack on the United States on 9-11-2001. That effort to inflict terror on U. S. citizens affected all of us in one way or another. One thing caught my attention as I watched the ceremonies in New York City. That thing was the names of those killed that day. As I understand it, those extremists who carried out the attack were from the area of the world that have a problem with what i...
Editor’s Notebook A dear friend of this newspaper, Bob Oldham, was laid to rest this week in Hastings. Though he left the newspaper’s full-time employ on Dec. 31, 1971, he never stopped looking out for us. Bob began his employment with The Superior Express as a high school student and eventually became a competent Linotype operator. Few people today know what a Linotype is but Thomas Edison classified it as one of man’s seven greatest mechanical inventions. The machine was used to transform molten lead into words used in the letterpress print...
