Condending for a Crown
Faith: Contending for a Crown
Jerry D. Ousley
Treachery! The queen fled from the palace, racing to see what all the commotion was about.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Commentary
Faith: What Would You Write in a Christmas Letter to God?
Carey Kinsolving
I asked children to write a letter to God about what Christmas means to them as part of the Kids’ Christmas Art Contest. Here are excerpts of their letters: “Dear God: Every Christmas Day, I always get up first. I look to see if the cookies are gone. One time, I saw a footprint.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Berry’s Picks
Ag: Berry’s Picks
Comanche Extension Agent Michael Berry
Private Applicator TrainingThe Comanche County AgriLife Extension office will be hosting a Private Applicator Training on Thursday, January 22nd, 2026, from 8 a.m.- Noon.The training will be held at our office, so we are limiting the training to 12 head. BE SURE TO RSVP TO SAVE A SPOT.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Abbott’s Tax Plan Promises Relief, but puts rural Texas on the chopping block
Suzanne Bellsnyder
Last month, Governor Greg Abbott unveiled what he calls a “bold” plan: eliminate school district property taxes on homesteads and replace roughly $35 to $39 billion in local school funding with the state’s current budget surplus and other state revenues.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Sears Habits DieHard
Sears Habits DieHard?
John Moore
For much of the twentieth century, the Sears Roebuck catalog held a special place in American homes. It was never just a book of merchandise. It was a window into a wider world for families who lived in small towns and rural places where stores carried little beyond the basics.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Mariah Schultz, a 2012 Dublin High School graduate, currently works at MGA Healthcare as a pediatric occupational therapist. She also operates an educational Instagram called @ MariahsMilestonesOT. She shares life with her husband, Brent and their two children, Hudson and Callan. Courtesy photo
Where are they now? Mariah (Reeder) Schultz
Eva Frederick
Dublin graduate Mariah (Reeder) Schultz wears several hats — she’s a pediatric occupational therapist, runs an online business to provide resources to parents, and is a mom herself. The throughlines that connect everything she does are care and community.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Faith: How Did God The Father Honor Jesus (John 8: 48-59)?
Carey Kinsolving
“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them,” wrote Mark Twain.In heaven, Jesus had the deserved honor and glory of myriads of angelic hosts, yet he entered this world in the humblest of circumstances.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Faith: Walking with God
Jerry D. Ousley
Have you ever heard that expression? “I’m just walking with God.” What a great and mighty statement to make. It sounds Holy. In most cases it immediately paints a mind-picture of someone hand in hand with the Almighty God Himself.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Fenceline Chatter
Ag: Fenceline Chatter
Erath Extension Agent Lonnie Jenschke
Equine Herpesvirus: What Horse Owners Need To KnowEquine herpesviruses (EHV) are widespread among horse populations, with EHV-1 and EHV-4 being the most clinically significant.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Berry’s Picks
Ag: Berry’s Picks
Comanche Extension Agent Michael Berry
Christmas Tree CareI cannot believe it is already time for my annual Christmas tree care article- the years seem to be speeding up. Anyways, we want everyone to be safe and for their trees to last the full season and not turn brown like mine usually do.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025