All things are possible, only believe

There is a chorus we used to sing in youth conference during evening vespers that goes like this: “Only believe, Only believe; All things are possible, Only believe.” In human life this is the greatest force in all the world.

CHURCH NEWS

The Reporter welcomes news of special events at local area churches. Email bill@rockdalereporter.com or fax to 512-446-5317. RSBC Choir Concert, Musicians Appreciation set Saturday, June 23 Rising Star Baptist Church will present a Choir Concert and Musicians Appreciation program at 7 p.m.

God’s Word packed with great stuff

Iwas one of those guys that carried my lunch to school. When I was a little kid I carried one of those old school metal lunch boxes that got rusty and funky and was thrown away at the end of the school year.

Homecoming

EDITORIAL Rockdale’s annual homecoming is set for Sunday at the Patterson Center and here’s hoping there’s a great turnout. Turnouts have been a concern in recent years. Homecoming was once a major event on the yearly calendar. For proof of that, just check out the history column on this page.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Where was photograph of school’s retirees? Dear editor, I congratulate everyone that was awarded a pin or plaque for their service at Rockdale ISD. I felt that the retirees who served Rockdale ISD for 35-38 years should have been pictured.

Whatever you call them, keep reading

The other day somebody commented on something I had written “in my column.” There was only one problem. I hadn’t written anything about that topic in the column which came out that day. I even went to the back files to see if I had written about that topic recently. I hadn’t.

Sheep once mowed, fertilized Tiger Field

Neighbor Grover sez if your job on the farm is taking care of the chickens, does it makes you a chicken tender? Idid not walk five miles to school and back every day, uphill both ways, as you have undoubtedly heard old-timers say. But I did grow up in the grassburr-goathead era of Tiger Field.

Speak up

EDITORIAL Yes, visitors can have their say at school board, city council meetings One of the great cartoons of all time was published many years ago. It shows a man, late at night—a dark sky and stars visible through an open window behind him—seated at a computer.

Don’t tell me about your magic socks

EDITOR’S CORNER Whenever I am away from my office for any extended period of time, someone always checks my emails for me. Yes, I can do it remotely with any number of gadgets but when I get to go on vacation, dagnab it, that’s the kind of stuff I go on vacation from.

Dear God, was the giraffe an accident?

SPOILIN’ THE BROTH Neighbor Grover sez he thought it a strange way to open a conversation when his wife said, “You weren’t even listening, were you?” Been a while since I offered up anything for your collection of religious humor, so here goes.