Opinion

Beside The Point Part of the adventure of taking vacations in other parts of the country — even other parts of Texas — is experiencing all the difference that exist…

Pastor’s Pen Dalton Mathis is the pastor of Salt Creek Baptist Church near Early.  Who said this? Was it Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon? Cyrus the Persian? Alexander the Great? Augustus Caeser?…

The Idle American If the headline for this piece doesn’t elicit at least minimal interest of most readers, perhaps I should find the goose, select the spot with is a…

The Idle American My intrepidUncle Mort does much “huffing and puffing” about state and national politics. At the end of the day, though–when everything is said and done–always more is…

Beside The Point I’ve been thinking about the recent spate of incidents where so-called fans at concerts have been throwing various objects toward musicians performing on stage. It’s beginning to…

Pastor’s Pen Dalton Mathis is pastor of Salt Creek Baptist Church near Early. “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches…

The Idle American When one enjoys a musical comedy as much as we did recently on a trip to our hometown of Brownwood, mass laughter was a tonic. There’d been an…

Pastor’s Pen “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:27).  When reading before bed each night, my…

Beside The Point British poet Robert Southey observed, “Live as long as you may, the first 20 years are the longest half of your life.” I’m not certain that’s accurate,…