Editorials

Cats Versus The Green Slime

Published by gordonhopkins on Fri, 07/10/2020 - 12:42pm
So I first found Archie and Groucho several months ago. Now, I've had rescue cats before and I know one of the first things you do is get them to the vet to have their oil checked and their tires rotated and I don't know what all they do, to make sure the cats are healthy. 
Unfortunately, almost immediately after acquiring the little demolition machines, COVID-19 happened and, like most of the rest of the world, I was forced to stay away from the human race (including veterinarians) as much as possible.

It’s Up To You!

Published by admin on Tue, 07/07/2020 - 12:35pm

Time For Reinvention

Published by admin on Tue, 07/07/2020 - 12:34pm
Image power is something business owners should be keenly aware of in today’s world.
Branding. Image power. A business platform from which to display your wares and tell customers what they need to know and why they should be spending their time and money is important in the world of business today.
The Fairbury community and surrounding area has a unique opportunity here. With the pandemic, people can re-invent themselves. Businesses can do the same.

Does AAA Cover Flying Saucers?

Published by gordonhopkins on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 10:25am
Tomorrow is July 4, celebrated throughout the land as the birth of our nation. The date is sometimes called Independence Day, which also happens to be the name of an embarrassingly bad movie that relates, tangentially, to the topic of this missive. See, the month of July also marks another important anniversary in the history of this great country.

Make Lemonade

Published by admin on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 11:06am
Lemonade Days is this week. The original intent of the project was to get young people into the mode of being entrepreneurs. 
I have always felt the next generation of business people need to be well-rounded and the entrepreneur spirit just needs a little push now and again. 

Enjoy God Now And Forever

Published by admin on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 11:05am
“As for man, his days are like grass,” writes David in Psalm 103. “He flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.”
All the great theological voices of the centuries concur:
Isaiah: “The grass withers, the flower fades; surely the people are grass.”
Job: “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.” 

The Rise Of The House Of Usher

Published by admin on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 11:05am
We’ve all experienced nostalgia at one time or another. Wistful memories of days gone by. A longing for the experiences of a youth we can never regain. But there is another kind of nostalgia, a nostalgia for things we’ve never experienced ourselves.

Hell Or High Water

Published by gordonhopkins on Fri, 06/26/2020 - 11:10am
As my kittens grow into fully fledged terror machines, I find I have been forced to take up arms against them.
Anyone who ever had a cat, then lost a cat, knows that feeling of, “I miss having a cat,” having totally forgotten what adorably, fluffy, little wrecking machines they are. As I have mentioned before, my new kitties love to climb on things they shouldn't, like bookshelves, kitchen counters, my head, etc. As they get bigger, they do more damage in the process.

The Word Of God

Published by admin on Tue, 06/23/2020 - 12:53pm
The Word of God – I love it. I was accused in my first church – that I loved the Word more than I loved people, which was probably true. True because people had disappointed me time after time but the Word – never. My life changed dramatically as a result of the Word when I trusted Christ. I was in seminary in less than two years. 
I have now a more settled view of all that disappoints – we are all fallen. I knew that when I got saved, but more intellectually than experientially. I am much more patient with the fallenness of humanity – I am foremost fallen. 

Argue, But Stay Classy

Published by admin on Tue, 06/23/2020 - 12:52pm
A friend of mine recently noted that he does not mind a good argument.
In today’s culture of negativity and doom and gloom, it was refreshing to hear his answer why: Because it prompts discussion.
Now, many times, people get into an argument and they take things to a personal level. If taken as face value, no personal stake in the matter taken into account, yes, a strong discussion (a civil term for an argument) can be productive.

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