By Omer Hancock Do you need help and encouragement after the death of a loved one? GriefShare is a special weekly support for adult men and women who are grieving the death of members and/or friends. I will be facilitation a 13-week session of GriefShare beginning Tuesday, Jan. 23, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, 701 S. Pioneer Drive. Cost is
Read moreBy Danny Minton Every year, I try to attend the family reunion on my dad’s side. Like many families, the Minton family has always made it a point to get together on a yearly basis to keep in touch. I believe this is an important part of a family’s legacy and should be a practice that every family should make
Read moreby Mike Patrick This time of year, many people are joining health clubs in order to get back in shape after the holidays. That includes senior adults. In 2016, my wife, Nancy, attended a three-day workshop at the Cooper Institute in Dallas. She and about a dozen other people from around the country earned their certificate in senior adult exercise.
Read moreI wish I had known then what I realize now I didn’t know then.
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton “Blessed is our God always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.” Thus began the “First Royal Hour of the Theophany Friday, Jan. 5, at St. Luke Orthodox Church, or “St. Luke Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church,” as the sign at 501 Sunset Drive says. Father Philip LeMasters, priest at the church, opened
Read more“Sometimes your light goes out but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.” Albert Schweitzer (Danny Minton writes “Thursday Thoughts” for the church leadership at Southern Hills Church of Christ. He shares one of those weekly writings with readers
Read moreBravo I say, bravo to you for giving it your very best. Bravo, bravo!
Read moreMy cup overflows with beauty I cannot describe and grace I do not deserve.
Read moreBy Mike Patrick Evelyn Bailey became a well respected artist in San Antonio. Her father deserted the family for another woman and left her mother to raise the children. In addition to enduring that difficulty, Evelyn (as well as one of her sisters) contracted polio as a child. Following experimental surgeries, she had a severe limp the rest of
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