Student of the month: Kassie Lamm
Kassie Lamm, 17, has been named Student of the Month for January. She is the daughter of Bob and Jodie Lamm and is a junior at Tucumcari High School.Lamm has been active in FCCLA, FFA, Student Counci...
View ArticleChrists unfailing love is still his gift whenever we fail
The Apostle Peter was about to foul up. And not just a little.Any Christian with an ounce of spiritual sensitivity knows that we all “deny” Christ whenever we choose for self and not for G...
View ArticleSome thoughts on Valentines Day and love
Uh oh. It seems that the date for this column should probably indicate its content. Rats! If the whole thing reads like it was written by a Valentine’s Day grinch, I should just plead guilty.It&...
View ArticleOur page Feb. 13
MaestasManuel E. Maestas turned 3 on Jan. 3.He is the son of Joey Haas and Jessica Maestas of Tucumcari. He has two sisters, Destiny and Faith.His grandparents are Marcy and (the late) Manny Maestas,...
View ArticleTaking time to rest genuine act of faith
News flash: SABBATH-BREAKING HAS NOT BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A MISDEMEANOR.Oh, for years most of us have heard amateur theologians and Bible “pseudo-scholars” asserting with the kind of loud co...
View ArticleWhere does the white goes when the snow melts?
Ah, we're snowed in today, and I love it!I am a snow man, no doubt about it. Not the abominable kind, I hope. Just the very ordinary kind. ("Snow person" might have been clearer, but that would be...
View ArticleOne needs not be Catholic to pray for Pope
Well, color me surprised!I went home at noon to get a sandwich; what I got was a ringside seat at a historical moment.I don't need 24-hour news, and I think our world and our society in particular wo...
View ArticleEverybody seems to be "reaching out"
Maybe it's just me, and perhaps a few of the other old fossils, the English majors, the "arts and humanities" types that our society keeps around as pitiful and withered relics of a bygone time whe...
View ArticleBirthdays March 13
BleaMadison Jean Blea will turn one on March 16. She will be celebrating her birthday with family and friends.Her parents are Hallie Ferguson and Steven Blea.Her grandparents are Joseph and Veronica B...
View ArticleNotes from the church lady: Blessings come from listening to God
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10Mark and I are blessed to have a very sweet little dog with a great disposition. Usually she is a very obedient litt...
View ArticleParadox a full gift for one and all
The greatest gift ever given to me, the most intimate and personal gift I've ever received, was the gift given to everyone, not just me. That greatest gift was given to everyone who has ever bre...
View ArticleChrist-followers need to be cross-bearers, not consumers
We stand this moment on a holy threshold, waiting to enter into the joy of the resurrection. Easter is almost here!Almost, but not quite.I understand the dangerous and common temptation to leap-frog o...
View ArticleEaster means hope is always realistic forecast
It's the evening of a beautiful Easter Sunday as I write. And I must admit being surprised. My surprise is nothing compared to the amazement of Mary Magdalene and those with her who very "early...
View ArticleCrowing roosters, chiming bells and change
I woke up in my Key grandparents’ old house in Robert Lee, Texas, this morning. My maternal grandparents had the good sense to live here all of their lives. A couple of times a year, for over th...
View ArticleWhat do hotel pool alligators eat?
I might as well admit it: I am one tired alligator.My three grandkids and I were paddling around in a hotel swimming pool when my oldest granddaughter, the six-year-old beautiful Queen Alexandria, dec...
View ArticleI'd like to try being spiritual, but not religious
I’ve thought about it, and I’m pretty sure I’d like to join the cool crowd, the growing numbers of folks in our society who are button-bustin’ proud of being “spiritual b...
View ArticleHonors April 24
Pfc. Jacky A. Fang, 19, a 2012 Tucumcari High School graduate, and the son of Sunny and Tammy Fang, graduated from the Marines Company 1026 Bravo Company First Battalion, Honor Company on April 19 in...
View ArticleWhy an escalator can never break
The late comedian (he’d poke fun at that description) Mitch Hedberg was like a lot of modern comedians. He was at his best and funniest when he was telling jokes even my grandmother would find c...
View ArticleBirthdays May 1
NialsRilee Jo Nials will turn 9 years old on May 6 and will celebrate her birthday with family and friends with a pool party. Rilee is a third grader at Logan Public School. Rilee's parents are...
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