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Q:Why would God let this pandemic kill so many people? This is an important question and one that I want to handle with particular care and sensitivity. Probably the best way to do so is to encourage those seeking the answer to this question to read...

When I was in college, I had to take a course in computer programming as a requirement for my major. This would have been fine if the course was in “Basic” language, but the preferred language for mathematics was “Fortran IV.” Back then, compute...

Before cars were air conditioned, during hot weather, drivers and passengers suffered from the heat. We had a 1938 Ford that had a “nose vent” that was located at the back of the hood and the cover could be raised and lowered to get air flow thr...

Alexei Navalny. Oswaldo Paya. Two names that many of us sheltered here in southcentral Nebraska may have never heard of, or just briefly on a national news broadcast. Maybe that’s not all bad, but it does limit our understanding of a conflict b...

Monday was such a nice day that I walked down to the office to check the drop box instead of driving. I’m not loving my crazy life here lately. I’ve been gloomy and negative so often that George has started calling me Eeyore, you know the gloomy don...

Q. Is there a need to study the Old Testament since the teachings of Jesus are in the New Testament? Great question! The Bible is divided into Old Testament and New Testament (see the table of contents in your Bible). But many people struggle with...

I have at times admitted to watching too much TV, but sometimes it’s the only alternative to doing nothing. It is good entertainment (at times), but it can also be an annoyance, especially the TV commercials. Years ago I read an article about TV c...

Last week was full of appointments, On Tuesday I took Mom to the dentist, on Wednesday I took myself to the doctor, and on Friday George had appointments at the VA. On the way to the dentist on Tuesday, I got to know the little car better. It’s n...

Happy Valentine’s Day! There are red and pink hearts displayed this time of year. There are those special Valentine’s cards sent and received and welcomed. Beautiful flowers are delivered and gifted to those special Valentines. Then there are the...

Many folks think our weather is behaving strangely. Some believe global warming is changing weather patterns and attribute global warming to the use of fossil fuels. A century or so ago the appearance of Halley’s Comet was blamed for undesirable w...

For years parents, grandparents, teachers and day care providers, have been encouraged to read books, stories and poems to children. My mother often read to me and sometimes when my father had time, he too would do so. I loved hearing all those...

I firmly believe people who don’t read newspapers are missing out on things they should know. Some people call me a historian and if I am it is because I like to read. It was while reading old newspapers on the weekend that I got the ideas for the e...

Growing up in Superior, I had lots of time to watch cars and trucks on the streets of Superior. One feature which deserves comment would be a common device call “mud flaps.” Many highways in the area were unpaved and had gravel surfaces. County roads...

Q : How can we know for sure that Christ was raised from the dead? A: By reading about it in the reliable, historical accounts provided to us in Scripture! Even if you do not yet believe that the Bible is the Word of God you still ought to be...

“It’s tough to see into the future” someone once said. Right now, it’s tough to see a quarter mile ahead with all the fog we’ve had so far in 2024. Someone came up with the phrase: “Unintended Consequences” I understand in the 1700s. So, its been...

I’m having trouble with words today. If I was speaking out loud, I would sound like a bumbling idiot. Words are hard! LOL! The good news is I got a car. We got something with four wheels that goes zoom. It wouldn’t have been something I would hav...

Most people think of February as the month of love – and there are heart shapes everywhere to promote it! Please join me this month to focus on loving our own hearts. This February, during American Heart Month, I would like to pass along some tips f...

Currently our country roads are sloppy, mushy and rutty making it difficult to travel on. All the rain followed by snow, then freezing temperatures and now receiving warmer temperatures have the roads thawing, snow melting and for the next few days...

When I began work at The Express, several pieces of equipment more than 70 years old were still in use. Typesetting equipment in daily use ranged from 40 to 50 years old but the process had begun to update the typesetting department. I remember...

Q: I’m having a hard time forgiving someone in my life; is there anything in the Bible that can help me? The word forgiveness in the Bible is a financial term that refers to the cancellation of a debt. If you sin against someone else, the Bible s...

I don’t have the records to check but I’m guessing January, 2024, has to be unique in some way. Our days of below zero temperatures and consecutive foggy days has to be some sort of record. That’s how I feel but every year is different and there...

What a crummy week I’ve had. It all started last Wednesday after picking up my deliveries. A mile and a half south of Nelson, my car broke down. Our family car has never given us any problems, never even a check engine light, so it was a big s...

The moment the doors are opened to the shoppe, one can breathe in the heavenly aroma of cinnamon rolls. Packaged in clear containers are individual sizes and pans with four jumbo cinnamon rolls. All looking too good to eat with the cinnamon peering t...

Sunday morning did not work out as planned. My farmer husband had gone another direction than I was wanting to go. I prepared to attend church up north. Since church had been called off last Sunday because of the weather, I was looking forward to...

Many of the elderly frail ones die in the winter time. Grandpa A. J. always said, “If I can make it through March, I can live another year.” There were five deaths all in their eighties in one week. Rose, 83, has had Alzheimer’s disease and has b...