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Q: God could have forgiven all sins Himself so why did he send his son to a torturous death to forgive sins? A: I can think of at least three things that were accomplished by the Cross that could not have been accomplished any other way. First, sin was publicly and fully punished. We have in the gospels a record of the severity of sin and the kind of punishment it warrants. Even though we do not have to suffer that penalty, the fact that the punishment was meted out to Christ in real history is a sobering message to all about the severity of...
The sun is shining, the pool is open, and the boy comes home from Dad’s tomorrow. I feel just a little lighter now that the worst of my stress has come and gone with no major drama. Jacob is driving himself home from Dad’s in his new, gently-used pick-up. I am happy for him that he finally has his own wheels and happy for me now that he will be paying his own insurance. I am nervous about him driving all that way on his own and a little sad that he is grown-up enough to have his own vehicle—just another one of those catch 22 cosmic jokes...
There are times when we have appointments on both sides of the noon lunch time and we try to catch lunch somewhere in between. Last week was one such time with medical appointments in the a.m. and in the p.m. in Grand Island. As such we found a place to eat and we found out that school really was over for the summer. We enjoyed our food and watching the people around us, but, the place had a very heavy population of “children,” school age children. They were all OK with no major problems, but it was an active lunch hour. Somebody was going some...
Will the peonies be ready for Memorial Day? That is the question asked at this time every year. My mother, mother-in-law and grandmothers always looked forward to seeing the lovely peony flowers out in their soft and bright pink colors every Memorial Day, decorating the gravesites at the local cemeteries. I’ve inherited that same thought when my family’s gravesites are visited. At my last visit, the peonies were budded. A quick estimate was made when they would open. With the lack of winter and early spring moisture, the peony plants rem...
As Superior residents prepare for the 31st Victorian Festival honoring Evelyn Brodstone, one of the community’s most accomplished residents, many current resident find it hard to envision what life was like in Superior more than a century ago. The Brodstone family came to the new town of Superior in 1876, only one year after William Loudon laid out the original town. Mr. and Mrs. Brodstone brought their two young children with them. They settled on farm near what is now the northeastern boundary of Superior. A portion of the farm is occupied b...
Q: The Bible says we are saved in our spirit, doesn’t that mean that God doesn’t care what I do with my body? A: Hmm, not so much! You see, there are two errors that we can make when it comes to God’s perspective of our daily life. The first is to assume that God expects me to earn His favor by making right choices. This false perspective is corrected by verses such as Ephesians 2:8-9 and Romans 4:5, which clearly teach salvation by grace alone through faith alone. The opposite error is to assume that God doesn’t care how we live, so long as...
Memories . . . I spent a considerable number of years volunteering as an EMT for the community of Lawrence and I like to recall memories from those years. They come up at the strangest times and places, and they are both good and bad. However, last Sunday, after Sunday morning Mass I got reminded again of those days gone by. If the EMT’s suspect there may have been head injuries, or perhaps an older person with a stroke, they go through a cognitive test of the patient. It is not complicated, as they usually ask the patient his name, maybe a...
I found a book and remember now why I don’t read so much anymore. I get so caught up in them that the time gets away from me. Last night, I thought I would just read for an hour and go to bed. Two nights in a row, bedtime has come and went without my noticing. I love getting lost in the pages. Things with the pool are going well this year. That makes me nervous! LOL! If we could just get the water to warm up, it would be almost perfect. Opening weekend is going to be chilly, but maybe not quite as bad as last year. The Money Pit is still the m...
It is beautiful, breathtaking and a sight to behold, all around these Country Roads. With the colder temperatures, high winds and dry weather behind us, spring finally takes the stage in all of its glory. Maybe this sounds wordy but how else can it be described? Maybe it’s being over stated, but for this country woman, it is certainly breathtaking. What a difference a few inches of rain, added to the warming sunshine and God’s touch can make. We went from a world that was sound asleep in the winter mode, coming out and rewarding us with spr...
Been thinking about the upcoming Lady Vestey Victorian Festival and how to freshly retell the Evelyn Brodstone story on this, the 31st anniversary of the first festival. The festival founders hoped the annual celebration would help preserve the community’s history and highlight the life and contributions made by Superior High School’s most notable graduate, Evelyn Brodstone. William Loudon is credited with establishing the village of Superior in 1875. The community’s diamond jubilee was celebrated in 1951 and its centennial in 1975. It is proba...
Q: Is there an unforgivable sin? How can it be unforgivable if Christ died for all sin? (Part Two of Two) A: As mentioned in a previous article, there are two cases in Scripture where the Bible states that an act will not be forgiven. The sin of unforgiveness was covered last week. This week we will examine blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. As always, we must understand blasphemy against the Spirit in the context in which it was written (Matthew 12:22-32; Mark 3:22-30). Matthew and Mark both record similar accounts of an interaction between...
OK folks, I know some of you getting closer to that retirement age of 62 or 67 or so, don’t like the jokes of joining AARP. Even some of you that have already reached that age, are not wild about AARP. So, last week I learned something new. I have absolutely no information about it. I just find it interesting that some “bright” person, somewhere came up with a new name to the same group of people. This is the same thing our dear old government has been trying to do ever since they changed the “Food Stamp” Program to “SNAP,” “Supplemental...
What a week! After surviving graduation, George decided he needed some time off and scared us all half to death with a trip to the emergency room and an overnight stay at Mary Lanning. He is fine as frog hair now, but his blood pressure went through the roof on Monday. His VA doctor said to take him in immediately. We are still unsure of what caused it. The heart doctor said more than likely environmental factors. Whatever that means. I love the moisture we are getting, but I am not fond of the grass growing at an exponential rate. I mowed on F...
May 8 should have been celebrated across the United States, but that date wasn’t recognized. There were no parades, memorials or celebrations held. Some people may not have even remembered or made aware of the importance of that date, the way lately some people are trying to erase our country’s history. V-E Day was 77 years ago on May 8, 1945. It was on that day when the WWII surrender of the German Nazi war machine was celebrated in the United States and all across Europe, including Great Britain. The long war in Europe had finally come to...
Wow! I suspect you are as tired of reading about this newspaper’s internet problems as I am of trying to fix the problem but fixing the internet has been my focus for nearly two weeks. In addition to reporting our email was still not working as we began assembling this week’s edition on Monday I have a funny to report related our website at superiorne.com. The internet experts have been arguing about how to properly fix the problem and talking about things like ip addresses, DNS addresses, MX servers, name servers, SSL. POP, and IMAP. For all...
Q: Is there an unforgivable sin? How can it be unforgivable if Christ died for all sin? (Part One of Two) A: There are actually two situations where the Bible says forgiveness is (or has been) withheld. The first situation is when we fail to forgive others, the second is the case of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. We will look at the case of unforgiveness this week and I will cover blasphemy against the Spirit in next week’s article. There are two main passages that tie God’s forgiveness of us to our forgiveness of others: the Lord’s Prayer...
May Day . . . The importance of the first day of May has seemed to have lost its importance in our current culture which seems to center on ones-self, rather than others . . . I can remember well when the Communist used the day to display its military might with parades and speeches telling the world how great they were. Other Socialists use the day as well to try to justify their existence and try to convince everyone else how great their economies were. Catholics used the month to remember it as the month of Mary and how great was her...
I did it! Two boys graduated from high school. I deserve an atta boy! I wasn’t sure we were going to make it there, but we did! I think I had more anxiety over getting through graduation day than I have had the entire 17 years of raising the boy. George and I, my dads, all three moms, my ex-husband and his wife, his two kids, our two kids, George’s two kids, and four of my strays, all in one community building; the day went off fabulous. Every possible scenario of how it could go wrong had run through my head at least a dozen times. I’m so pr...
As I checked May birthday and anniversary dates of my relatives and friends in my Days To Remember book, it brought me almost to tears. I’ve had this special book of such recordings for about 57 years. Many of those that are recorded have left this earth either recently or years ago. I asked myself why didn’t I mark them out of my special book when they died, but as I check the dates and names out as the months arrive, it makes me recall all those who meant so much to me. One of those that had a May birthday listed in my book was a dear fri...
The 2022 Nebraska Primary Election is less than a week away and newspaper advisors think it is the duty of quality newspapers to endorse the candidates they believe are the best qualified and deserving of voter support. This newspaper has sometimes endorsed candidates and frequently those candidates lost the election. So I’m not sure if our endorsement helps or hurts a candidate. Quality newspapers are also supposed to write stories explaining the candidates’ qualifications. That sounds like a good idea and we have tried to do so prior to som...
The L-N Class of 2022 is graduating at 4 p.m,,Saturday, in the high school gym. Their class motto is “Just be happy we got this done on time - Class of 2022.” The class flower is a yellow chrysanthemum, and the class colors are light blue and pastel yellow. The Class of 2022 has chosen “This is how we do it,” by Montell Jordan as their class song. With graduation on our heels, I thought it appropriate to give some advice to those beginning their adult journey. Most people will say things like, “This is the beginning of a new chapter,...
Wow . . . What a change . . . I remember many a morning in my past history waking up to rain hitting the window, and . . . not being too happy with that. However, that happened this week, and . . . I was happy. I not guessing the drought was broken, but gosh, it is nice to know that all those prayers for rain were answered. Thank God . . . A O I didn’t plan on starting with that little bit, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. What I was thinking about this week is the election that will be held next week. I learned many years ago not to...
Q: If the Bible is supposed to be 100 percent true, why do the four gospels give such different accounts of the resurrection? They can’t all be right! A: Actually, they can! It is extremely common for witnesses of an event to present confusing and (seemingly) contradictory accounts. Police investigators are reassured by this! If they get a bunch of word-perfect, identical accounts, all it proves is the witnesses agreed on their story beforehand! So then, let’s examine some details from these accounts and see if we can’t bring them toget...
I hope everyone found great bargains at the local city wide garage-yard sales. I knew of two in this area; Jewell and Superior. It seems about every town has their city wide sales at one time or another. With the climbing inflation, taking advantage of shopping at these sales is a plus, and for the seller, it’s good to find a buyer for the items no longer needed at their house or shop. For the true garage-yard sale shopper, the day calls for getting up early in the morning and getting on the hunting trail to find the sought after items b...
editor’s notebook 4/28/22 A friend and former Nuckolls County resident, Gwen (Jones) Porter, recently shared the following article about a pet’s death. Since graduating from Nelson High School, Gwen married a veterinarian and has helped with his practice in the Omaha area. I expected she has witnessed first hand the death of many animals. I hadn’t thought about it before but since reading the article I have thought about my animal experiences. The death of a cat heads the list. The female cat was a neighborhood stray. I’m not sure where s...
