Doesn’t Christmas Feel a Little More Special This Year?

  Christmas is always a special time of year.   We celebrate the greatest gift of love the world has ever know, a Savior.   And as Americans,Christmas seems just a little more special this year. After suffering through eight long years o...

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There is No Greater Love than This

“There is no greater love than this There is no greater gift that can ever be given To be willing to die so another might live There is no greater love than this”  Steve Curtis Chapman   Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving …

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The Second Greatest Story Ever Told ~ God Save the American States

  U.S. National Archives and Records Administration The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume …

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July 3, 1776 ~ John Adams to Abigail Adams

To Abigail Adams John Adams July 03, 1776   Yesterday, the greatest question was decided, which ever was debated in America, and a greater, perhaps, never was nor will be decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, “that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent …

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Merry Christmas! Annual “Buy Michigan” Issue

  We usually send our Annual Buy Michigan Issue earlier in the season but a “lame duck” this year caused the delay. However, these Michigan business may be patronized year round not just during Christmas. Buying Michigan not only helps our economy but also helps our fellow Michigan business owners But before we get to …

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Memorial Day: Much More Than Golf Balls and BBQ Grills

When I was growing up, I spent a lot of time with grandparents, especially my mother’s parents, who lived just outside the small town of Danbury, Iowa. I always stayed with my mother’s parents on Memorial Day weekend. Although the particular order of events might change from one year to the next, the general tradition… more

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