Lyndsay Hemphill
Colleges Requiring a Coronavirus Vaccine for Fall: What to Know. Additionally, class of 2020 graduates are finally getting their moment in the spotlight as some schools have included them in 2021 commencement ceremonies. Such was the case atBaylor Universityin Texas, which moved commencement outside...
My heartbeat is for families, and as this group grows it presents an opportunity to get to know and love more people. The major hurdle has to do with congregational identity. An increase in families means a need for more resources for them, and when we shift resources we make statements ...
First, a fortunate last-minute visit to Waco, Texas’s “Mammoth Site” (see my Flickr photo tour here) two weeks ago during a short visit to give a talk in that fine central Texan city. Second, the subject of today’s post: the Natural History Museum’s new special exhibit “Mammoths...
Not sure how I came acrossEurope in Autumnby Dave Hutchinson but I am so glad I did. It is a spy/dystopia novel set in a very near future when Europe has dissolved into many city states and even some neighborhood states. This novel has a strangeness akin to the great Slavic and Semiti...
Near Amarillo, another major tourist stop, Cadillac Ranch Imagine this . . . We brought our spray paint, the kids had a blast. Oh, did I mention it’s on historic Route 66? Hats off to Texas DOT, nice rest stop! A grandkid, getting his riding lesson!
In 1992, David Koresh of the Branch Davidian group in Waco Texas changed the name of their commune from Mt. Carmel to Ranch Apocalypse, because of his belief that the final all-encompassing battle of Armageddon mentioned in the Bible would start at the Branch Davidian compound. They had cal...
Waco is even more instructive—the government agents controlled all the information the public received during the siege. Were they telling the truth? We don’t know. In fact, there’s good reason to question the government’s account. We know that the same sniper who murdered Vicki Weaver ...
Car theft in New Jersey continues to be a major problem and leading state and local law enforcers say the problem is far more serious than many realize.
the Texas Department of Commerce had postponed a series of television ads, reasoning that nobody would want to visit the state anytime soon, and town residents, tired of the bad jokes and quips about “the wackos in Waco,” began affixing to their cars stickers that read “Waco Proud.”...