LOOKING BACK

10-20-40 YEARS AGO 40 YEARS AGO… It was an agonizingly tense day with an ecstatic ending as Rockdale High School’s Big Blue Band was named one of the top two bands in the UIL District VIII Marching Contest, held at Waco’s Baylor Stadium. The band was to advance to regional competition Nov. 2.

God moves me

We have a small discipleship group that meets in our home and last night we had kind of an early Friendsgiving meal together. As we read 1st Thessalonians 5:16 & 17 and how we are to always be thankful, people shared how God has been good to them.

Seeds and yeast

Sociologist Pitirim Sorokin once pointed out that even a slight increase in good deeds on the part of each of us would change the world. And Jesus taught, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God?

Make fall foods, fall may just show up

Maybe if we make fall food then autumn will show up. We could at least try. Here is a very easy recipe that only requires two ingredients, but it certainly has fall flavors. Two-Ingredient Apple Cobbler 1 (17.

Low voter turnout, high stakes

When we head to the polls later this mont h for t he November 4 election, we won’t find presidential hopefuls or high-profile governors on the ballot.

Our family’s thoughts go to our Noelia

My sister-in-law, Noelia, had visited her mom in Mexico last week because she had been ill. She returned last Friday, but her mom passed away on Sunday night. So we are sad for her around the house. She was 91 so she lived a good, long life and was a wonderful mother and grandmother.

Jane Goodall

In the last of her more than two dozen books, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times, published in 2021, Jane Goodall wrote about discovering as a young woman that she had a gift for public speaking and a responsibility to use it.

Crockpot recipes = cool kitchen

Well, it's fall in Texas, and you know what that means. Absolutely nothing. It's still 95 degrees outside. So here are some easy crockpot recipes that won't heat up your kitchen. As I always say, thighs are better for crockpot recipes because you can't really overcook them.

Your God is way too small

J.B. Phillips, an influential Anglican clergyman authored a book in 1953 that is still used today in Bible classes and for personal edification: Your God Is Too Small. The book attempted to expose inadequate conceptions of God, and suggest ways in which we can find the real God for ourselves.

Churches in decline

“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” (Romans 10:17) Most churches are in decline. Mark Clifton, who is with the Southern Baptist Church, Revitalize and Replant ministry says, “There is nothing about a dead and dying church that glorifies God.