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Willie Nelson’s song from the 1950s may have summed up the situation for a frigid week in Texas: “Turn Out The Lights, The Party’s Over.”
Precious freedoms
Early preparedness
“However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.”
During this past week’s winter storm, we witnessed neighbors helping each other, the joy of children playing in the snow and the creativity and kindness of our community.
Vote for independence
“What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about; but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.’ ”
His fans knew it was coming, but they were still crushed to hear the news that Rush Limbaugh had died.
I suppose many of us have stories about the recent extreme weather event that led to record freezes, and assorted outages and outrages.
ERCOT, the state-controlled electric grid operator taking most of the initial blame for widespread blackouts and for all of the attendant misery over the last week, answers to the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
In the past, rare snowfall has brought a fleeting quiet beauty to East Texas; however, this past week, it was … different.
Good job, folks
Profit over public safety
A changing formula
Along with uplifting news stories about the COVID-19 variants, former President Trump’s second impeachment trial, and Tom Brady’s unmitigated gall to continue winning Super Bowls that include terrible halftime entertainment, we’ve also been learning about new victims of the so-called “cancel…
“See to it that there is no one who takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception in accordance with human tradition, in accordance with the elementary principles of the world, rather than in accordance with Christ.”
How closely should a school board reflect the demographics of the campuses it oversees?
“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, and like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.”
GUSHER AND DUSTER: Gusher, for Longview mostly escaping the same weather-related headaches seen elsewhere in East Texas and the state, but duster for the problems that couldn't be avoided.
Most of us have a box or other container where we keep items we feel are important enough to carry with us throughout our lives. Mine is a cardboard box. It includes things that might not mean much to others, but do to me.
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Texit doesn’t make sense
Republican Party questions
“It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.”
SAN DIEGO — The Spanish phrase of the day is one of my favorites: Ya era tiempo.
President Donald Trump may be gone, but he presumes he’s not forgotten.
This June, the Longview sky once again will be filled with balloons; however, the Great Texas Balloon Race is modifying its event this year out of precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Great vaccination experience
Fulfilling an oath
Uncontrolled spending
"Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us ..."
On a friend’s recommendation, I ordered a history book. One chapter is titled “Longview.” I started there.
From his first campaign for statewide office in 2014 to now, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has never not been in legal trouble. And his problems are multiplying at a time when someone in his spot would ordinarily be dreaming and scheming about higher office.
It’s rare for snow to fall in East Texas like it did Sunday and Monday, producing about 8 inches of snow across Longview.
Note: This is the second in an occasional series of columns spotlighting East Texans trying to make our little corner of the world a better place. I call it the “Good Guys Win” campaign. To nominate someone for consideration, send a name and a way to contact that person to the email at the e…
Neither fair nor accurate
Time to vote on Texit
“By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the temporary pleasures of sin ...”
After almost a year of waiting, thousands of people in our community have now received their COVID-19 shot thanks to a recently established vaccine hub in Longview. The vaccine offers protection from a deadly virus and hope for us, as a community, to return to normalcy soon.
Great vaccine experience
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a column about the impeachment of former President Donald Trump. The first part was published on Saturday’s Forum page.
"And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for the one who comes to God must believe that He exists, and that He proves to be One who rewards those who seek Him."
When you bump into someone in the store, usually the conversation starter is the weather.
Jan. 6, 2021, marked a very dark day in our nation. As the Electoral College was meeting to choose our president for the next four years, 200 or so hooligans unleashed their pre-determined assault on the Capitol.
Most Americans are happy that the election cycle is receding in memory except for the impeachment trial that once again failed to convict a worthy candidate. Let’s hope the judicial process brings Donald Trump the punishment he truly deserves for inciting riot and insurrection against the U.…
To say that we have been in a constant state of transition would be an understatement. We are approaching the one-year anniversary of when Mayor Andy Mack declared a shelter-in-place order. Soon after that, Gov. Greg Abbott suspended all public schools, canceled the STAAR test and implemente…
GUSHER: For the groundbreaking this past week for two Hallsville ISD facilities — the new West Elementary School inside the Longview city limits and Hallsville High School auditorium building.
Do you ever wonder why they couldn’t just leave paper towels like they were?
“Stand firm therefore, having belted your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness ...”
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“However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.”
Romans 8:9
