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With a chance yet to play a powerful part in the Cardinals’ September push for a playoff spot, Marcell Ozuna and the team surrendered Wednesday to the shoulder pain that has limited his throwing and, they now acknowledge, his slugging all season.
Here’s a link to the story at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The only previous time Jack Flaherty started a game at Dodger Stadium, he was in high school, and before the game began he and his teenage teammates sat in the stands and marveled at how unfamiliar the ballpark felt without a big-league crowd, how empty it was.
Here’s a link to the story at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Cubs will have the distinction of being the last opening-day opponent at Globe Life Park when they start the 2019 season against the Rangers on March 28, according to their tentative schedule released Tuesday.
Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.
Daniel Murphy displayed in his first at-bat for them Wednesday night what his new Cubs teammates had been lacking.
Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.
If National Football League players continue their protests during the national anthem this season, it will rile some Republican voters, increasing their intensity and making it more likely that they will vote. At a time when Democrats want their candidates to be less controversial and let dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump carry them into office, continued protests by NFL players will force the issue back into the public spotlight and onto the campaign trail, where Democrats will mostly have to side with the protesters.
Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.
YouTube just added an “information panel” to all my videos about climate change.
We at Stossel TV do weekly videos on many controversial topics, but apparently YouTube thinks climate change is special.
Here’s a link to the story at FOX News.
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10 (Read all of Ephesians 2:10)
New International Version
By Rick Warren — August 23, 2018
“He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake” (Psalm 23:3 NIV).
When you can’t make up your mind, you stagger through life. In fact, the Bible says in James 1 that when we remain double-minded, we become unstable in everything we do. The Greek word for unstable literally means “stagger like a drunk.”
But God says there is an antidote to our indecision. Psalm 23:3 tells us, “He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake” (NIV). We handle the stress of decision-making by letting God guide us.
You may be thinking, “But I’ve tried this!” You asked God to guide you, but then you became more confused than before. You still couldn’t figure it out. Now you wonder, “Why is knowing God’s will so difficult?”
Is God playing games with us? Of course not! God wants to guide us. He wants us to know his will more than we want to know it. Our problem is we often look for the wrong thing when we’re trying to find God’s will.
For example, some of us look for a feeling. We want to be swept off our feet by some emotion so we can say, “That’s how I know what God’s will is!” Some of us want a methodical approach to God’s will. We want somebody to give us a recipe or a formula to follow. Some of us take a magical approach to God’s will. We’re looking for God to do some fantastic sign — write it in the sky, call us on the phone, send us an email.
All of these ways lead to frustration and cause us to miss God’s will. God’s will is not a feeling or a formula or something he wants you to be frustrated or fearful about.
God does not want you confused, and he does not want you stressed over making any decision. He is there, guiding you every step of the way.
After Illinois lawmakers patted themselves on the back and told taxpayers the budget they passed this year was balanced, a bond issuance tells potential buyers that the state budget is $1.2 billion in the red.
Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.
CARMI — One of the men who escaped the White County Jail this past June pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges related to his escape, and received the maximum sentence on all the charges.
Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.
