LOOKING BACK

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO… One of the most important deals in Rockdale business district real estate in recent years was closed when W.E. Gaither purchased the vacant lots, corner of Cameron and San Gabriel Streets, the consideration being $3,000.

Revival is essential

So many people want their spiritual fires lit up. They know there is more than what they have and they want more. They say revival starts with you. I heard someone say, “Draw a circle around yourself and then pray for everyone in the circle to be revived.

New pastor at St. John’s UMC

Madison Garcia-Tabor will the new pastor at St. John’s United Methodist Church on October 1. Garcia-Tabor grew up in Longview and felt her first nudge toward ordained ministry in sixth grade during confirmation class.

Doesn’t this mean anything to you?

Bishop Gerald Kennedy shares a story from his days as a student at Yale Divinity School about an ongoing debate among the faculty and student body over the proper attire for seminary students. The faculty considered dress clothes appropriate: students were comfortable with casual wear.

Interesting facts about redheaded people

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE My favorite sister was a redhead, and we have several others in the family. My beard used to be red before its current white color. Here’s some information I found about redheads.

Looking back...

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO… Sept. 20 was Trades Day in Rockdale. It was also “Ford Day” and on that occasion Rockdale would produce the biggest “Ford Blowout” every seen in Central Texas. About one year ago Rockdale held a “Ford Day,” the first ever held in Milam County.

Every day should be September the 12th

I am writing this on Sept. 12, 2023. The day after the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. A day that sadly seems to have less and less significance on our nation and those who make most of the noise throughout this country.

RIOT

Bitcoin company makes money by working and by not working During the crypto boom of 2021, Riot Platforms was raking in cash from bitcoin mining. Now the company is losing so much money that it’s counting on energy credits from selling power back to the Texas grid to keep its costs under control.

Did Jesus make a difference in our world?

Thomas Cahill, author of The World before and After Jesus, Desire of the Everlasting Hills, describes a hill in Rome called the Janiculum, and the quarter of Rome beneath it called Trastevere, one of the birthplaces of Christianity.

Making disciples

Former Southern Baptist Convention president , JD Greear recently said, “Maybe the worst failure for a church is success in things that aren’t producing reproducing disciples.” I totally get that.