Linda Campbell
campbell

| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013

Watching life’s dreams unfold

Admit it: There’ve been times when you were so daunted by the immediate hurdles on the parenthood journey that you couldn’t even imagine what lay ahead.

Those wee hours sterilizing bottles and washing clothes and wishing for just a few hours of sleep uninterrupted by wailing before you had to get up for work. Read more

Bud Kennedy
kennedy

| |Saturday, May. 18, 2013

Rocked by hail, Granbury church finds hope

If it wasn’t Judgment Day, it felt close.

As worshipers huddled to study the Great Hailstorm of Bible prophecy Wednesday night, something began pounding the roof of Calvary Church in Granbury. Read more

Mike Norman
norman

| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013

Legislating in Texas is not all fun and glory

In 10 days, the 2013 regular session of the Texas Legislature will be history.

Some of the most important work of the session is yet to be done. Complex end-of-session deadlines will mix with sleepless nights, but most of it will get done before the end of the day on Memorial Day, May 27. Read more

Bob Ray Sanders
sanders

| Saturday, May. 18, 2013

Great communities are at their best in times of disaster

Tragedies have a way of helping define communities — sometimes rekindling depressed spirits, reuniting a divided people or simply reinforcing a sense of belonging even in the midst of unbelievable loss.

Surveying (through media accounts) the destruction in some of our neighboring counties after the devastating storms Wednesday night, I, like many others, felt a connection to those grappling with the unimaginable disruption of their lives. Read more