• Retirement Celebration for Longtime FBC Minister

    Click here to read a Q&A with C.V. By Loretta Fulton After nearly 30 years on the job, C.V. Blake is calling it a career–but not for long. Sunday, Aug.

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  • Morally Compromised

    By Jim Nichols Children are trying to figure things out. “What does God look like? Does God sleep? When Jesus was a baby, did he know everything?” Trying not to

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  • Is There a Place Where We Can Meet?

    By Glenn Dromgoole One of us thinks abortion is simply murder, period. One of us thinks the government shouldn’t be able to tell a woman what to do with her

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  • Tour de Gap Benefits Presbyterian Medical Care Mission

    By Loretta Fulton For the second consecutive year, Presbyterian Medical Care Mission will be the beneficiary of proceeds from Tour de Gap, the annual bike ride in Buffalo Gap.  Started

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  • Meet Mark Waters

    By Loretta Fulton Dr. Mark Waters has been a full-time professor at McMurry University for 19 years, plus six more as an adjunct before that. He has a bachelor’s degree,

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  • Sacred Heart Concert Aids House Fire Victim

    By Loretta Fulton Sacred Heart Catholic Church will sponsor a benefit concert on Aug. 1 for a parisonher, Ate Nor Holzhauer, who lost her home in a fire on May

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  • Almost Bible (Part 7)

    Almost Bible (Part 1)Almost Bible (Part 2)Almost Bible (Part 3)Almost Bible (Part 4)Almost Bible (Part 5)Almost Bible (Part 6) By Jim Nichols God’s Spirit speaks to us in multiple ways. The Bible/Scripture is certainly one

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  • Walk Around Yourself

    By Danny Minton The world today is full of people criticizing others; what they believe, how they look, what they say, their religion, their political views, their lifestyle, and just

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  • Celebrating 40 Years as a Priest

    Click here to read a 2024 Q&A with Bishop Sis on his 10th anniversary as Bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo.Click here to read a message from Bishop Sis

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  • It’s Lunch time!

    Meal service will begin on July 20 and run through Aug. 14 at the following locations:B.O.B.S., 1420 N. 3rd St., 6:30-7:15 a.m., dine-in only. Sack lunch provided at the breakfast.City

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Woodlawn Closing; Christian Service Center Expanding

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WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRISTFounded December 1956First minister: John StevensFirst Deacons: James Bradford, V.K. Blair, Jack Conaway, Foster Cox, Paul Dillard, Paul Farris, H.L. Farris, Aubrey McCright, Bill McClure, J.C. McDearman, C.L. McInturff, Tim Mason, Fred Stirman, John Swayne Jr. , Carlos Toney, Britt Willeford CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTERDec. 13, 1965–Organized under the direction of 16th and Vine Street Church of ChristJanuary

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Staffing, Costs Cause Childcare Centers to Close

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By Loretta Fulton Two faith-based childcare centers recently closed, both citing rising costs and staffing issues as the primary causes. On Monday, May 19, Pioneer Drive Baptist Church sent an email saying that its Pathways Learning Center would close effective Aug. 15. Earlier, His Little Angels on Buffalo Gap Road announced it would close as of noon on Wednesday, May

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The Lost Doll

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By Danny Minton Franz Kafka was an author who lived and wrote as the twentieth century began. His primary works centered around social injustice and alienation. His most popular are “Metamorphosis,” “The Trial,” and “The Castle.” Toward the end of his life, an event happened that changed a little girl’s life. In 1923, Franz and his companion, Dora Diamant, were

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Graduation Goofs

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 THE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury It is that time again when hundreds of thousands of us can’t get the sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance” out of our heads, often whistling or humming the melody, not even wondering why.  For the curious–and others in the majority who couldn’t care less–Englishman Edward Elgar’s 1901 march has long been the musical gold standard

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Those Ahead of Us

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By Jim Nichols The transition from elementary school to junior high was not a smooth one for me. It was significantly complicated by having to ride the school bus every morning. Hickory Grove Elementary was within walking distance of my home, but the junior high required Bus #38 to pick me up at the corner. My grade was the youngest

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City Light Names Beth Young Director of Community Ministries

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By Loretta Fulton Beth Young is the new director City Light Community Ministries, an outreach of First Baptist Church that is one of the city’s leading ministries to the homeless and needy.  Prior to taking on the new position, Beth was missions ministry assistant. She was a volunteer in the front office and helped with housing grant applications.  City Light,

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