Commentary

Not to Be Ignored or Excused

If you’re a frequent flyer you know the drill.I’ve flown many cross country trips and twice to England visiting family. Safety instructions are shared in three ways: demonstrations by trained attendants, leaflets in the pockets of seats or by video messages.

Your Greatest Truth

Psalm 119:162 I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great treasure.I love watching treasure hunter documentaries on television. They are always filled with intrigue and adventure.

Letter to the Editor

(Editor’s Note: The letter below addresses a planned manufactured home community behind the public works yard.
Keeping Track

Keeping Track

Keeping Track

The 8-track tape case that lived on the back seat of my 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme was always full. Full to the point that I had to rotate different cartridges in and out to be able to listen to the variety my buddy’s and my teenage brain required.“What exactly is a Doobie Brother?

Stephenville Mayor recognizes Braille Literacy Month

Stephenville Mayor recognizes Braille Literacy MonthTo All Citizens,As we embark on the new year, I am pleased to join communities across the nation in celebrating National Braille Literacy Month this January.
MUSEUM MATTERS

MUSEUM MATTERS

MUSEUM MATTERS

We have an interesting collection of railroad tie date nails in the museum. When railroads first started expanding across America, the wooden ties that held the rails together only lasted 5 or 6 years.
Nick and Kolby Howell with children, Pattie Mae and Weston

Nick and Kolby Howell with children, Pattie Mae and Weston

Nick Howell

When Nick Howell was a kid, his father owned his own construction company and worked as a heavy equipment operator. “He’d put me in the dump truck or the water truck and let me ‘drive’,” Howell said. “I always liked driving big trucks.

A Half-truth is a Whole Lie

And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?” Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

Ichabod

common sense tells us. Someone once said, “God owns the cattle of a thousand hills, but sometimes if we want one we have to go up and drive it down ourselves!”— Jerry D. Ousley is the author of Soul Challenge, Soul Journey, Ordeal, The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional and his first novel The Shoe Tree.