Pastor’s pulpit From Rev. Dr. Chad McMullin, First Christian Church Sedalia Posted 10/22/21 As I type this column, a team is working on a machine to wash the exterior of the church building where I pastor. It’s surprising how much dirt and stains are removed! As I … This article is fully available to subscribers. … Read more
Dear Reader, Thanks to modern technology, you and more people are reading the Watauga Democrat than ever before. Freedom of the press is essential for maintaining democracy: but a free press is not free. Mountain Times Publications’ 10 full-time journalists need significant resources to deliver credible, fact-based, and ethical journalism in the High Country. We … Read more
Rosh Hashanah is the two-day festival of the Jewish New Year, which begins at sunset. Neil Gillman of the Jewish Theological Seminary explains its importance: “This festival has evolved through our tradition to represent a time of personal and universal renewal, or your life may become … We say goodbye to the old time and … Read more
It happens every time I go west in the summer, towards the Rocky Mountains. Somewhere near the Iowa Nebraska border, my mind goes neutral. It happened again three weeks ago. Late in the afternoon on the first day of our 16-day excursion, my wife and I drove to O’Neill in northeastern Nebraska to spend the … Read more
Will Young said it was a “good thing” that The X Factor isn’t returning. The singer, who rose to fame after winning Pop Idol in 2002, performed on BBC Breakfast Thursday (August 11) to promote his new album, Crying on the Bathroom Floor. Upon hearing the news that The X Factor had no plans to … Read more
TRIBUTES were paid to a heroic father who was stabbed to death after confronting a gang of teenagers. James Markham, who was attacked after allegedly trying to defend his daughter, was “a man with a good heart and soul” according to a close friend. Jamie was attacked outside of his own home while trying to … Read more