January 2024

Boone County’s annual Spelling Contest for fifth through eighth graders is scheduled today Wednesday, Jan. 24, starting at 1 p.m.

Boone County voters are being notified this week of Nebraska’s 2024 primary election to be held Tuesday, May 14. Deadline to register to vote in the Boone County Clerk’s office in order to vote in the primary is May 3, 2024 at 6 p.m.

Wednesday Jan. 24: Bible study at Beth’s, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Jan.

St. Edward 5 0 2 3 10 Heart.

Are any of you wise and understanding? Show that your actions are good with a humble lifestyle that comes from wisdom. However, if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, then stop bragging and living in ways that deny the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above. Instead, it is from the earth, natural and demonic. Wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and everything that is evil. What of the wisdom from above? First, it is pure, and then peaceful, gentle, obedient, filled with mercy and good actions, fair, and genuine. Those who make peace sow the seeds of justice by their peaceful acts. James 3:13-18 A sense of wisdom. It is hard to come by on a day like today. Christmas and New Years are now in our rear-view mirror. My Advent Wreath might represent our collective energy level. New Year’s Day is two weeks behind us, and we can probably still feel fatigue from celebrating a few hours later than usual. Our collective candles may be burning low. Like the lingering effects of New Year’s Eve, we are reminded that our experiences in life never leave us without some sort of wisdom. Wisdom that can be used somewhere along the way. Wisdom is hard won knowledge that envelops us physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

'If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.' When we criticize others, we often say more about ourselves than of those we criticize.