PASTOR’S CORNER

So many things in life can cause us to lose our focus on God. Sometimes it’s the challenges of life. Sometimes it’s the worldly things we wish to acquire. Sometimes it’s heartbreak and betrayal. Sometimes it’s the pain.

A Man Who Found His Way…

He didn’t see it as a turning point at the time—this budding vocal artist who was belting out country songs at the Burger Box in Arlington.

PASTOR’S CORNER

True, you did not expect it to go by do fast? In James 4:14, He tells us something that is so real. “ Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

HIGHLIGHTS

House Speaker Dade Phelan, RBeaumont, told The Dallas Morning News and other media outlets that he is open to bringing resortstyle casinos to Texas. But don’t expect to find slot machines in 7Eleven stores if casino gambling is legalized.

Shall We Pray?…

Inherent with insistence to dig ever deeper—rarely satisfied with merely getting to the bottom of things—are the risks of learning more than we want to know. There are ever so many places to dig, with ever-growing types of tools with which to excavate.

When Things Go Wrong…

Come on, now. Things could be worse. You could be working in public relations at Southwest Airlines.For decades the envy of other U.S. airlines, SWA might understandably change its corporate colors to black and blue, what with the pummeling it endured during the “Christmas crush” of 2022.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

Feds investigating meltdown at Southwest Airlines Massive flight cancellations by Southwest Airlines during the Christmas holiday week are prompting the federal government to look into why thousands of travelers were left stranded across the country, along with huge piles of luggage in airports...

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

An arctic storm that swept through the state bringing low temperatures and high winds also affected roughly two-thirds of the country’s population, according to the National Weather Service, bringing the coldest Christmas in decades to parts of the country.

Christmas on the Rails…

Less is heard about trains these days, particularly since the homegoing of Johnny Cash. He always loved train songs. Accounts of a single railroad car are even rarer, despite the jump start provided in 1930 by “The Little Engine That Could,” a children’s book.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

Most Texas pregnancy deaths preventable A long-awaited state report concludes most pregnancy-related deaths in Texas in 2019 were preventable and disproportionately affected Black women.