Living a full life

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” (James 4:10) In John 10:10 Jesus said, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” That’s a pretty big promise. Some translations say that we should “enjoy life” or have a “full” life that is “overflowing.” Wow!

Words of glory

There is a story told by the late Rev. Dr. Fred B. Craddock that is so meaningful I have shared it time and again at memorial services. In the telling, Craddock personifies Doxology.

Salads without lettuce

This cyclospora outbreak from eating lettuce has me a little worried. As a rule, we don’t eat iceberg lettuce at home, but it is common in restaurants. So what are we going to eat when we want our salad fix in the summer? I’ve got a few recipes for salads that don’t use lettuce this week.

Housing

Dr. Perryman explains ROAD to Housing Act to help affordability In a rare bipartisan effort, both the US House and Senate recently passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the most significant federal housing law in decades.

LOOKING BACK

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO… Two Rockdale men in the hospital, once seriously injured, and another man badly cut about the face and head are the net results of two automobile crashes Saturday night. R.C.

Could you have lived in early Rockdale?

Iwas excited to see the photos of Rockdale in 1910 and 1912 released by the Milam County Historical Society. There is one on the front page and one on this page. I was mostly excited because it shows Rockdale when my great grandfather, his w ife a nd t hree c hildren moved here in 1911.

Where we are with data centers

Much has been made— especially on social media—about data centers in Texas. As is often the case, what is reported online and what is actually true are often two very different things.

Being social

A new book explains why small conversations matter more than we think One of the most important decisions I’ve made in the last three years was to spend less time online, especially on social media.

Soccer is so much better in Spanish

Ihave officially watched more soccer over the past few weeks than in my entire life. Dad, mom and I watched the final on Sunday in English, but I went to Maricela’s after halftime and watched the rest of it in Spanish.

Checking out a dawg at the city library

(Judge Bill Whitmire is at a conference this week, so enjoy this 2017 column from publisher emeritus Bill Cooke, who still has this dog.) Neighbor Grover sez birds of a feather f lock together, and usually right over his pickup. Checked out a dawg the other day at the library.