Opinion

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

Continuing a series on Jesus and His ministry, this week we'll look at how He talked to people differently depending on their situation and their needs. To the multitudes, He shared parables about seeking the lost; He had compassion on the crowds, and offered mercy to the needy. Then to His disciples He presented ethical guidelines for their behavior. As we examine the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5 through 7), we should keep in mind the different ways that Jesus approached each group, and let those guide our dealings with others.

THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon

I haven’t gone camping in a tent in a long time.

I grew up camping and, for much of that time, it was in a tent. My parents would take my sister and me to the Boundary Waters between Minnesota and Canada for about a week. We’d paddle our canoes from one lake to the next. We’d listen to the loons at night. We’d build a fire. We’d eat dried food — which miraculously tasted better the farther we paddled from civilization. We’d drink water right out of the lake, before we needed expensive filters. We’d use the latrine deep in the woods. I still vividly remember the time I felt flies landing on my behind — only to look down into the latrine and see a whiskered woodchuck looking up at me!

L&T Publisher Earl Watt

Since the beginning of the nation, the United States Supreme Court has issued rulings that have raised eyebrows.

From Marbury vs. Madison that established judicial review of all laws to determine their constitutionality to cases that determined the extent of slavery, from gun rights and commerce to striking down separate but equal in America’s schools, from Roe v. Wade to reversing it, the Supreme Court has been at the forefront of how America interprets the Constitution and how laws will be applied.

GUEST COLUMN, Kim Baldwin, Kansas Farm Bureau

The 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris have captured much of my attention over the past week. If you were to enter our house or office at any given time, you’d likely find the television on in the background with a competition being broadcast.

My social media channels and news outlet feeds have also been full of stories coming from this year’s Olympics. Some content consists of the heart-warming stories of athletes, some are about the controversies, and some are about the food found within the Olympic Village.