SIU Men host Howard on Monday night

November 19, 2018 By Leave a Comment

SIU HOSTS HOWARD ON MONDAY NIGHT

The Southern Illinois men’s basketball team will host Howard at 7 p.m. on Monday night in SIU Arena. Special $10 tickets are available by calling 877-SALUKIS or by visiting SIUSalukis.com/tickets. Members of Brown Dawg’s Kids Club can also receive free admission to the game. For more information about the kids club, visit SIUSalukis.com/kidsclub.

Howard (4-0) vs. (RV) Southern Illinois (1-2) || Carbondale, Ill. (SIU Arena) || Monday, November 19 || 7 p.m.

Tickets » SIUSalukis.com/tickets or call 877-SALUKIS
Watch » ESPN+ with Darren Kinnard and Mike Trude
Listen » Saluki Sports Network with Mike Reis and Connor Onion (Stream available through TuneIn)
Stats » SIUSalukis.com/MBB/LiveStats
Game Notes » Southern Illinois (PDF)

THE RUNDOWN

  • Southern Illinois hosts undefeated Howard on Monday night at SIU Arena. The Bison are coming off a win at UMass on Friday night.
  • Special $10 tickets are available by calling 877-SALUKIS or visiting SIUSalukis.com/tickets.
  • Members of Brown Dawg’s Kids Club will receive free admission to the game. To learn more about the Kids Club, visit SIUSalukis.com/kidsclub.
  • Barry Hinson earned his 100th win as head coach at SIU on Saturday night. Hinson is the eighth head coach in program history to win 100 games at Southern Illinois.
  • The Salukis received one vote in the AP top-25 and are ranked No. 9 in the mid-major top-25.
  • SIU is receiving votes in the national top-25 for the first time since Nov. 16, 2009.
  • SIU’s defense is limiting opponents to 37 percent from the field and 22 percent from the 3-point line. Howard enters the game averaging 97.5 points per game.

GAME PREVIEW

  • Southern Illinois and Howard are meeting for the first time in men’s basketball.
  • Each of SIU’s first four opponents this year are playing SIU for the first time.
  • Howard beat UMASS on Friday night to improve to 4-0 on the season. The Bison are averaging 97.5 points per game.
  • Howard guard RJ Cole was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Preseason Player of the Year. Howard’s Charles Williams was also a preseason first-team All-Conference selection.
  • SIU junior guard Aaron Cook has scored in double figures all three games and is averaging 15 points per game.
  • Senior guard Marcus Bartley scored an SIU-high 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting against Arkansas Pine Bluff. Bartley is 8-for-15 from the 3-point line (53 percent) through three games.


LOCK DOWN

  • SIU has done an exceptional job limiting the opposing team’s best player in each of the first three games.
    • Game 1 at No. 2 Kentucky: SIU held preseason All-American Reid Travis to six points
    • Game 2 vs. #25 Buffalo: C.J. Massinburg was coming off a 43-point game against No. 13 West Viriginia. SIU held him to 11 points and scoreless in the second half.
    • Game 3 vs. Pine Bluff: preseason SWAC Player of the Year Martaveous McKnight was coming off a 41-point game and was averaging 35 points per game. SIU held him to 11 points.
  • SIU held No. 25 Buffalo to 62 points, matching the best defensive performance against Buffalo in the last three seasons.
  • UB last scored fewer than 62 on March 1, 2016 (vs. Miami (OH) – 59 points). Buffalo averaged 85 points per game last season.


CAREER NIGHTS

  • Several SIU players had career nights in Saturday’s 78-48 win over Arkansas Pine Bluff.
    • Brendon Gooch earned his first career start and responded with career-highs of nine rebounds and four assists
    • Rudy Stradnieks set a career high with 12 points in only 14 minutes
    • Marcus Bartley set an SIU high with 20 points and six 3-pointers. His six 3-pointers are tied for the most by any player in the Hinson era
    • Freshman Darius Beane played in just his third career game but set high standards with eight rebounds (four offensive) and four assists in 29 minutes.
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This Thanksgiving: How do we remain thankful when times are tough?

November 19, 2018 By Leave a Comment

The holiday of Thanksgiving reminds us that we ought to be thankful for the blessings and the people in our lives.

Here’s a link to the editorial at Fox News.

Filed Under: Columns

Your Daily Prayer: A Prayer of Lament

November 19, 2018 By Leave a Comment

A Prayer of Lament – Your Daily Prayer

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A Prayer of Lament
Debbie Przybylski

I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eye—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! – (Job 19:25-27)

Did you know that even in sadness you can worship God in prayer?

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You can worship Him in the midst of difficulty through a prayer of lament. There are many of these kinds of prayers in Scripture. All the major Bible characters poured their hearts out to God in lament. This is a type of prayer that we rarely hear about, yet at times, it is a necessary part of each one of our prayer lives.

When experiencing the dark night of the soul, prayers of lament are so helpful. We live in a broken world where things do not always go right. There are times when we don’t know what God is doing or which way to turn. Bringing before God a prayer of lament can make all the difference in the world, because God actually changes us during these times when we pour out our hearts to Him.

Prayers of lament are a form of worship and faith. We worship God even in the midst of pouring our difficulty out before Him. Instead of backing away from God during a hard time or a dark night, we face the pain and worship Him with it. As an act of love, we offer it all to God. We lay everything before His Throne.

“Lamentation is a powerful, and meaningful, form of worship because it places our love for God above even the worst of circumstances in our life… God does not ask us to deny the existence of our suffering. He does want us to collect it, stand in those things and make Him an offering. The Holy Spirit, our Comforter, helps us to do this: He aligns Himself with our will and says, ‘I will help you to will to worship God.’ The glory of the majesty of God is that He helps us will and do.” – Graham Cooke

A Prayer of Lament:

Lord, I know that you are faithful over all things, even the hard, dark times of my life. Help me not back away from you in my time of grief. Help me instead to lean into you and trust you, even when I do not understand your ways. Please keep my head above the waters of anguish and my feet from slipping off the ground of truth. Help me see you in these hard moments and glorify you in my response. In Jesus‘ Name, Amen

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Pastor Rick Warren: God’s Guarantee to Be Stress-Free

November 19, 2018 By Leave a Comment

God’s Guarantee to Be Stress-Free

by Rick Warren — November 18, 2018

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“If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand” (Philippians 4:7 TLB).

Americans are more stressed than ever. A 2017 American Psychological Association “Stress in America Survey” showed that those polled were more stressed about the country’s future than at any time in the survey’s 10-year history.And our stress is deadly. As of June 2018, suicide rates in the US are up 30 percent since 1999.

If we’ve ever needed God’s stress-free guarantee, it’s today.

The Bible shares God’s guarantee in Philippians 4:7, where it says, “If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand” (TLB).

This isn’t a stress guarantee from a doctor. It’s not a guarantee from a pharmaceutical company.

It’s so much better. It’s a guarantee from the Creator of the universe.

Wouldn’t you like to have your thoughts be quiet and your heart at rest as you trust in Jesus?

Imagine you’re in a situation where you have no logical reason to be at peace—but you are.

Sounds pretty good, right?

That’s God’s guarantee. That’s God’s promise.

There are more than 5,000 promises in the Bible, and every one of them has a premise. Every promise has a premise.

There is a premise behind God’s stress guarantee, too. The verse from Philippians 4 begins with, “If you do this.”

Over the next few devotionals, I’ll describe what God means—the things he wants us to do.

But let this sink in a bit. It is possible to “experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand.”

Stress doesn’t have to win. Anxiety doesn’t need to control you.

There is hope.

Talk It Over

  • What are some of the biggest sources of stress in your life right now? How can you release them to God?
  • Have you ever experienced a time when God gave you a great sense of peace even though your circumstances were stressful?
  • How would your life change if you could experience God’s peace in the midst of your worst moments?

Give hope, prayer, and encouragement below. Post a comment & talk about it.

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Commentary: TV news is as much to blame for democracy’s decline as Trump is

November 19, 2018 By Leave a Comment

Much is being made of the president’s targeting of CNN’s Jim Acosta, but TV news bears as much blame as anyone for our democracy’s dystopian decline, culminating in the presidency of an ignoramus with a personality disorder.

Here’s a link to the editorial at the Chicago Tribune.

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State lawmakers looking ahead to next General Assembly

November 19, 2018 By Leave a Comment

Republicans will have to reach pretty far across the aisle in the 101st General Assembly if they want to get anything done next year.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

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Buckle up: This Thanksgiving could be busiest for travelers in 13 years

November 19, 2018 By Leave a Comment

If you are driving or flying for Thanksgiving, expect a lot of company

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

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Illinois Senate votes to expand legal protections for people in Illinois illegally

November 19, 2018 By Leave a Comment

Illinois is a step closer to giving more legal protection to illegal immigrants. 

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

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Jack Dean Smothers — Logan, Illinois

November 17, 2018 By Leave a Comment

Mr. Jackie “Jack” Dean Smothers, age 85, of Logan, passed away at 9:44 p.m. Thursday, November 15, 2018 at the Mt. Vernon Healthcare Center.

Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 noon Monday, November 19, 2018 at the Logan Church of God, with Rev. Mike Mayberry officiating, and Rev. Rick Fowler assisting. Burial with Military Honors will be in the Logan Church of God Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Monday at the Logan Church of God.

The Leffler Funeral Home, of Benton, is in charge of the arrangements.

Jack was born on May 24, 1933 in Logan, IL, the son of Miles Smothers and Bertha (Moore) Smothers. He married the former Thelma Ruby Eads on October 22, 1953, and she survives.

Mr. Smothers proudly served his country in the U.S. Marines during the Korean War.

He was a member of the Logan Church of God, where he formerly served as a Sunday School Teacher, and served on the Pastor’s Council.

His working career consisted being a truck driver with Star Trucking, a coal miner, a former jailer at the Franklin County Jail, and as a bus driver. He was also a member of the Teamsters Union.

He enjoyed gardening, carpentry, camping, and especially enjoyed spending time with his family.

Survivors include his wife of 65 years Thelma Smothers of Logan; his three children: Loretta Rice and husband Steve of Logan, Jack D. Smothers of Logan, and Lisa Morse and husband Zandle and his son Tyler of Buncombe, IL; five grandchildren: Melissa (Coons) Boukezzoula and husband Naoufel, James Eston Pense, Paula (Coons) Arpasi and husband Thomas, Daniel Rice, Chloe Morse; three great-grandchildren: Mia Arpasi, Kaven and Aubrie Pense; a brother Delmas Smothers of Greenfield, IN; a sister Anna Mae Wilson of Logan; and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. Smothers was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter Connie Coons; five sisters: Alma McCormick, Lola McCormick, Mary “Mag” Leneve, Lillian Willett, and Vivian Smothers; four brothers: Larry Smothers, Joe Smothers, Everett Smothers, and Artie Gene Smothers.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Logan Church of God.

To leave online condolences to the family, or to share memories of Mr. Jack Dean Smothers, visit www.lpfuneralhome.com

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James M. Vise – Benton, IL

November 17, 2018 By Leave a Comment

James M. Vise, 92, of Benton passed away Thursday afternoon, November 15, 2018 in Benton.

He was born in Macedonia, IL on June 17, 1926, the son of Evan H. & Goldie (Moore) Vise.

He married Clara Lu (Keener) on July 24, 1955 at the First Christian Church in Benton.

Mr. Vise served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Benton.

Mr. Vise is survived by his wife, Clara Lu Vise, of Benton; daughters Linda Maddox, and husband Keith, of Chesterfield, MO and Susan Brookins, and husband Ron, of Marietta, GA; five grandchildren, Emily (Maddox) Wissmann, and husband Taylor, Lindsey (Maddox) Gross and husband Ryan, Whitney (Brookins) Pulliam, and husband Christopher, Tyler Brookins and Chandler Brookins; four great-grandchildren Koa and Hudson Wissmann and Cohen and Maevry Gross.

Mr. Vise was preceded in death by his parents and by two brothers, Harvey and Hosea Vise.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, November 19, 2018 at the First Christian Church in Benton with Pastor Kurt Sanders officiating. Burial with Military Rites conducted by the Benton American Legion & VFW Posts and National Guard Honor Squad will be in the Masonic & Oddfellows Cemetery in Benton. Visitation will be after 11 a.m. on Monday at the Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Christian Church Fellowship Center.

The Morton & Johnston Funeral Home in Benton is in charge of arrangements.

For more information or to sign the online guest register please visit www.mortonjohnstonfuneralhome.com

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