Zeta Rho and Xi Omicron Xi chapters of Beta Sigma Phi met Tuesday, April 9, in the Bailey County Electric Co-Op meeting room to celebrate Founder’s Day, a yearly event in Beta Sigma Phi sorority to pay homage to the founders of the sorority and to name a Woman of the Year. This year’s honoree […]

My three brothers and I are back down at our maternal grandparents’ old homeplace at Robert Lee, Texas, for a few days. Since all of us are pastors (a couple are supposedly retired, though they don’t look much like it to me), getting as much as possible done early so we can get out of […]

Alice’s note: This story first appeared in my blog The Bright Lights of Muleshoe on April 8, 2024, the very day of the total solar eclipse that took a path through Texas. But not through Muleshoe.  I had hoped that we might be close enough to still get a good view. I guess we did. […]

We can hardly be too careful when we’re choosing what we’ll worship. Most folks don’t read the Old Testament prophets for comedy, but the prophet Isaiah made brutal fun of down-on-their-luck idol worshipers who couldn’t afford to commission a metalworker to cast a custom-made god and hire a goldsmith to overlay it. A high-quality idol […]

On Feb. 26, 1979, the students in Kenmare, North Dakota, had a perfect excuse to get out of the classroom. In spite of the 15-degree temperature, the sun was shining brightly, and they were fired up to witness a total eclipse with the help of viewing boxes they’d created in science class. All except six […]