Closing Child Abuse Awareness Month

As April comes to a close, so too does Child Abuse Awareness Month. A time set aside to focus our attention on one of the most serious and sobering responsibilities we share as a community: protecting our children. While the calendar may turn, the work does not end here.

Be a Timothy

“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” (Proverbs 17:17) Irecently read that most people who sit in a church service week after week have a “silent goal” of becoming a better Christian.

Campolo and Stoltzfus

The late Tony Campolo was an evangelical pastor, sociology professor, author and advisor to President Bill Clinton. If you have read any of his books, you have surely been blessed with the Gospel.

Abbott’s citizenship question

Data about undocumented immigrant visits are unreliable, but per-capita costs are up Back in November 2024, Gov.

A little levity after a crazy week

Well, now I've done it. I started playing one of those phone games called Royal Kingdom and now I'm addicted. I used to be addicted to Candy Crush for years, but I finally stopped playing. And now this.

Jury duty: a responsibility of citizenship

In the United States, citizenship carries both privileges and responsibilities. Much is made of the right to vote, and rightly so, but there is another duty that stands alongside it in importance – Jury Service.

LOOKING BACK

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO  100 YEARS AGO Henry Sicola and J.C.

The main thing

Ithink I became an old man last Sunday. I went to the local grocery store before our worship service, and I had to wait for someone to bring what I was shopping for from the back.

Florence Foster Jenkins can’t, didn’t

“People may say I can’t sing, but no one can ever say I didn’t sing.” Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944) was a wealthy socialite who believed she was a gifted opera singer. When she was in her 50s she inherited a small fortune which she used to create her musical career.

Twenty-five years of growth

Dr. Perryman explains how, why Texas gas grown the past quarter century Aprofound transformation driven by technological advancements has occurred over the past 25 years, reshaping the economy.