“And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must answer.”
Hebrews 4:13
Second wave dangers
Democratic process
“And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must answer.”
Tis the season for giving.
Joe Straus retired after 10 years as speaker of the Texas House of Representatives in early 2019.
SAN DIEGO — Joe Biden wants to be the civil rights president.
“The voice of one calling out, ‘Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.’ ”
People might get tired of stories about my father Ted and his summer in Mississippi. They might roll their eyes when I, once again, write about how he faced hostility and the KKK during his time in the places that have become legendary for their ferocious efforts at silencing Black voices an…
So-called free turkeys
Around 1960, my brother discovered a plastic animal buried in the dirt under the big oak tree behind our house on Waggoner Street in Greggton. It was a brown cow, but knowing not the difference, he called it a bull and named it “Butt.”
Most of the vote counting is over. Most of the noise, with any luck at all, is behind us — although the Electoral College voting happens in two weeks. Cross your fingers, if you haven’t stuck them in your ears.
What God desires in a government
When Ron Howard’s “Hillbilly Elegy” dropped last week on Netflix, I was skeptical of how Hollywood would again portray Appalachia based on the film industry’s dismal performance.
When it comes to opening an office, a shop or a residential complex, location is always a primary factor. Parking availability may also play a key role.
When Kenneth Smart hired me to be sports editor at the Kilgore News Herald back in 1987, I assumed he did so because he found someone willing to work 80-hour weeks covering sporting events for basically enough money to keep gas in the truck … to cover more sporting events.
“...But we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness...”
The holiday shopping season has arrived.
Accepting reality
Election Theory ‘N’
There has not been a lot of normalcy during the fall of 2020 when it comes to football. Other than one NFL game where fans were “kind of” loud, there has not been a major home field advantage.
As we approach the end of a very unnerving, often tragic and confusing year, it is perhaps inevitable that a lot of us have forgotten the quadricentennial of an early formative event in American history: the landing of a weary but persevering band of travelers at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts…
Donald Trump’s presidency has been a four-year stress test of America’s constitutional system. Trump’s belligerent governance has weakened the bipartisan fabric — rooted in prudence, decency and comity — that ties our multi-branch system of government together.
TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE
Most of us celebrate Thanksgiving without a second thought. That’s not how it was intended.
“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 ...”
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For the good of the country
GUSHER: For progress on the city's new police and fire training facility.
Margaret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
It’s probably not a good sign for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton when the newspaper in the state’s capitol city calls for him to resign.
Strange voting
“Those on the rocky soil are the ones who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and yet these do not have a firm root; they believe for a while, and in a time of temptation they fall away.”
Pray for leaders
SAN DIEGO — After 30 years of evaluating presidential Cabinet appointments for diversity, I entered this latest round feeling a tad burned out.
Oh come on, America.
Californians have suffered greatly in our crazy war against the China virus.
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and in a godly manner in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, C…
In the suburbs of Philadelphia, Montgomery County’s Board of Health issued an order by unanimous vote last week to shut down all in-person learning at school for two weeks.
I heard a friend talking about his privilege the other day, and my ears perked up. He’s not the sort to use that word lightly.
Any time an elected official resigns before his or her time is up, it leaves the question of what to do next.
If you don’t trust the election results at the top of the ballot, there’s no reason to trust any of the rest of it, all the way down to justices of the peace, school trustees and seats on the city council.
Potential fraud
Democrats cannot be trusted
Signs of discord
Truth matters
The Kilgore Christmas parade has been canceled, and the response from the community was overwhelming support. We agree.
SAN DIEGO — Former President Barack Obama’s memoir — the first installment of which went on sale this past week and weighs in at 768 pages — appears to be an interminable love letter. To himself.
“For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things just as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let’s approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for help at the time of our need.”
I wasn’t exactly an “A” student when it came to history during my school days, so some of my facts could be wrong about the origin of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Lunchtime is a safe time at many restaurants in East Texas. As I walked into one last week, the hostess smiled (you can tell smiling eyes behind a mask) and asked to take our temperature.
As we say “farewell” to the 45th president in a few weeks, I thought it would be instructional to look at the topic that has bedeviled Donald Trump the past four years — Russian interference into U.S. presidential elections.
