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There’s No Excuse for That
There’s No Excuse for That
Excuses, excuses. You know what they say about them. Sometimes our excuses are legit, caused by illness or emergency. But often we sinners make up excuses to rationalize or cover up our ingratitude or laziness or mistakes. 06/21/2023 12:00 AM
Community Calendar
Community Calendar
ROSANKY – Come to Rosanky as the Texas Firewalkers throw another barbecue cookoff to raise money for their mission. Dance Friday night away to the Dry County Band under the stars. Saturday is a day full of music, food, refreshing drinks, award ceremony and more. Come see the top barbecue teams in Texas battle it out for the bragging rights of grand Champion Pit Master in brisket, ribs and chicken. 06/21/2023 12:00 AM
Organ debut performance fills the pews
Organ debut performance fills the pews
MANOR – Internationally practiced organist Christina Harmon debuted a newly donated organ to the full New Sweden Lutheran Church with her handpicked selection of hymns and solos. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
Smithville fly-in takes to the runway
Smithville fly-in takes to the runway
SMITHVILLE – The 17th annual Smithville fly-in brought pilots, families and aviation enthusiasts together at the Smithville Crawford Municipal Airport for a communal aircraft spectacle. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
Community Calendar JUNE
Community Calendar JUNE
06/13/2023 11:00 PM
A mother’s evening out
A mother’s evening out
Businesswomen of Bastrop County gather to discuss their roles as mothers and leaders 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
Parading for freedom
Parading for freedom
Elgin celebrates Juneteenth early 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
Elgin refreshes police department staff
Elgin refreshes police department staff
New and veteran officers sworn into the EPD and Animal Control Unit 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
State seeking partnerships with rural towns
State seeking partnerships with rural towns
The state of Texas – which currently is the ninth largest economy in the world with a workforce of 14.8 million – is looking to partner with small communities like Manor, Elgin and Taylor. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
Main Street blocked for filming
Main Street blocked for filming
WOLFGANG studios will be filming a commercial in downtown Elgin, which will cause some disruption in traffic patterns. Streets affected will be the 1 to 100 block of Main, 100 block of First, the 100 block of Second, the 1 to 300 block of N. Avenue C and the 100 block of Central Ave. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
D-Day, H-Hour
D-Day, H-Hour
D for Day, H for Hour are abbreviations for the undetermined (or secret) day and hour that the Normandy Invasion would begin. It’s U.S. military terminology allowing for precise planning without giving away the date and time. The French used the code date “le jour j” and the British called it “Z-Day” and “Zero-Hour.” 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
What Does It Mean that God Is Love?
What Does It Mean that God Is Love?
St. John writes, “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in Him” (1 John 4:16). God is love. But how do we come to know and believe this? Can we gaze at the creation and know it? Can we infer it from the miracle of life? No, the evidence of God’s love for creation is ambiguous, since along with the beauty and wonder of creation come harsh realities like tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and all manner of manmade disaster. Likewise, the miracle of life is counterbalanced by the reality of death. So from these things alone, we cannot know that God is love. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
Elgin Courier
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