Commentary
Serving St. Joseph, Ogden, Allerton, Broadlands, Fithian, Homer and Royal, Illinois with opinions on local and regional topics.
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Commentary: We have to choose us
Do you feel that lump in your throat? That’s not coronavirus. That’s called fear. I’ll be the first to admit…
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Commentary: Remembering that we are human
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com When my daughters were pretty little, we went to Meijer on one of our weekly grocery…
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Commentary: Questions and Faith
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com My grandmother was a devout Christian. After my grandfather passed away in the late 1970s, she…
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Commentary: Ideas and Man
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com If we were acquaintances and I told you that I grew up in Indiana, you might…
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Commentary: A new perspective through friendship
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Explanation is not the same as justification. Sometimes they can be polar opposites and have no…
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Commentary: Magic on the Airplane
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com I love traveling on an airplane. I’ve only traveled this way about a dozen times in…
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Commentary: The Magic in Bellflower Elementary
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Maybe the gymnasium at Bellflower Elementary School should have been torn down years ago. The bleachers are shallow, the gym…
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Commentary: Thanksgiving Humor Reflections
BY DEBRA JOY HART “You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner, there was one wise old Native American…
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A Thanksgiving Message: Grow In Grace
BY JASON SCHIFO Thanksgiving Sunday has just past, and as a pastor, I joined scores of other pastors across the…
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12 Last-Minute Holiday Shopping Tips
BY NICK SCHNEIDER First State Bank of Forrest The holiday season is upon us. Unless your name is E.Scrooge,…
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