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From the Northwest Corner Martin Luther died at 2:45 a.m. on February 18 th 1546. Ninety-seven years later, scientist Isaac Newton was born. His First Law of Physics states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion. There is a qualifier in that law: “unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.” Usually that unbalanced force acting on the moving or still object is friction. Unless the object in motion is a shopping cart and then it is acted upon by nothing except your car door. This same car door set in motion as you close it, will continue in motion – no unbalanced force anywhere when you need it – thus closing on your keys still in the ignition. You catch yourself wondering, “Does life get any sweeter than right now?”

There are some things that we just don’t do; they defy logic and all good sense: holding your breath until you fall over, eating Brussels’s sprouts – or clams; rushing into a burning building to save someone; sticking your tongue on the flagpole in February (in Wisconsin) or giving 10% of your income to God.

When counting by fours, which we all do in our spare time, we come upon the segment 16, 20, 24 and 28. These are the Chapters of Mark, John, Luke and Matthew respectively which tell the resurrection story of Jesus. Mark 16. John 20. Luke 24. Mat...

Do you remember going fishing with your parents or grandparents?  What happens these days when you take your kids fishing?  What is the refrain to this song?  BE QUIET – You’re scaring the fish!  And no matter what you did or no ...