Morticia Addams (Tommie Bailey) and Gomez Addams (Matthew McNiece), in the foreground, lead an opening number in the Lyric Theatre’s production of The Addams Family Musical Comedy which continues this…
Pastor’s Pen Dalton Mathis is pastor of Salt Creek Baptist Church near Early. “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and…
The Idle American As productivity lessens in later life, one is sometimes guilty of over-analysis, probing the depths of understanding too far. Been there lately? If not, maybe you’re not old…
Someone asked how I became a weekly columnist. That’s odd, because it seems that in this social media era, anyone can do it. After all, everyone has a readily available…
Pastor’s Pen Dalton Mathis is pastor of Salt Creek Baptist Church near Early. “If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.” (Philemon 18). …
Beside The Point Five years ago, when I last checked with the website WalletHub for its rankings of most patriotic states, Texas somehow found itself in the bottom half of…
Dr. Russell H. Dilday, Jr. — for 16 years president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth — died recently in Dallas, leaving a legacy that deserves more superlatives than space allows. He…
Brownwood Area Fiber Artist Jillian Johnson goes to a lot of trouble to fill an empty space on a wall. “My pieces can take hundreds of hours to complete, sometimes…
Beside The Point It’s probable that by the time you’re seeing this, summer has already arrived. According to reliable sources, the beginning of astronomical summer — the summer solstice in…
Pastor’s Pen Dalton Mathis is pastor of Salt Creek Baptist Church near Early. In the realization that his life under the sun was dwindling, David wanted to encourage his son…
