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Clarkson art part of new exhibit opening March 7 at Christ Cathedral

Christ Cathedral in downtown Salina unveils its second annual pre-Easter art exhibit in early March, featuring 14 regional artists. Entitled “Miracles of Christ,” the show features artists from cities from Pratt to Manhattan, with a strong representation from Salina artists as well. The pieces are as diverse as the artists, ranging from two-dimensional painting to sculpture.

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Pratt girls’ basketball battles through late-season games, gets win over Smoky Valley on Senior Night

The Pratt High School girls’ basketball team has been progressing through the end of the regular season, and they have been fighting to maximize their seed for sub-state. Recently, they had CKL matchups against Hesston, Haven, and Smoky Valley that showed them what improvements they need to make before the postseason begins.

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Pastoral Commentary: Make the first move

God wants us to make the first move. Initiating anything can be intimidating at times. We are very comfortable to wait and do good to those that do good to us but it can be a vulnerable or scary place to make the first move. By being the first to reach out we might be rejected or worse yet ridiculed, but to only react or reciprocate what others do to or for us is not what God wants us to do. God has called us to love and to reach out regardless of the circumstance or the people before us. In the gospel of Luke, Jesus tells us to put love into action:

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Perspectively Speaking: How about this for a wild goose chase?

Remember the old Marx Brothers shtick where Groucho is giving Chico and Harpo directions to some secret rendezvous point? As he explains, he points at a map and says go over this road and that, turn left and right, then over the viaduct. At this point, Chico interrupts with “Why a duck?” Groucho does a double take and starts over, but each time he gets to the viaduct, he is interrupted with something like, “Why a duck? Why not a goose? Or a chicken?”

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