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December

The last Christmas Gift

by Steve Van Winkle “Life’s just sad.” These are words spoken to me by a former church member. The occasion belied the melancholy of the message, as people around us were laughing and eating and […]

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December

20 Years at the Tribune

Assistant Editor 1995-2002 – Executive Editor 2002-2015 From: Randy Harp, Tribune Editor/Communication Director During my first staff meeting with Rob and Karri here at the Tribune, our first order of business was to decide the […]

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December

Bloody Bethlehem

by Charles Lyons Students reported the shooting began in classroom 15 at 10:38 a.m. PDT, Thursday, October 1, 2015, where English and writing classes are conducted. Chris Harper-Mercer, a student in the writing class, entered […]

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AfterWords

It was an honor

by Keith Bassham, Tribune Editor 2002-2015 In September, when BBFI President Eddie Lyons made a presentation to my wife and myself at the September BBFI meeting, he asked if I would like to say something. […]

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December

Merry Christmas

by Randy Harp Merry Christmas! Okay, I will admit that is hard for me to say. Not because I don’t want you to have a merry Christmas, but because I am writing this the first […]

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December

Keep the heat on

by Eddie Lyons Several years ago our town was hit with what some called the worst ice storm in 100 years. It didn’t take long until most of the city was without electricity, and life […]

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December

Plenty of opportunity

by Jon Konnerup What is 750,000 miles long, can wrap itself around the earth 30 times, and grows 20 miles longer each day? It is the line of people on earth who do not yet […]

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Church Planting

Know who you are

by John A. Gross When my wife, Susan, and I first went to Houston we were enamored with an area on the west side of Houston. The area was called Memorial, an up-and-coming fully developed […]

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Baptist Bible College Update

Sounds of the season

by Mark Milioni I heard the bells on Christmas day … only they began playing on November 1! The Scrooges of the world may not be happy, but I love listening to music that celebrates […]