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  • Now six new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Hill County

    Updated Jul 7, 2020

    Posted 7 a.m. June 7, 2020 Hill County now has six active cases of COVID-19 Staff and wire report Hill County Health Department confirmed five new cases of COVID-19 in the county, which, along with the confirmed case Saturday, brings the number of active cases in the county to six. The department said all five of the cases were found through contact tracing. The individuals are isolated and the Hill County Health Department is performing contact tracing. The new cases bring th...

  • Pastor's Corner: Interrogating our freedom

    Updated Jul 3, 2020

    Do you feel free? This weekend, our nation celebrates Independence Day. Fourth of July holiday rituals are central to the production of the American mythos — what our nation attempts to tell itself with all the cookouts, parades, and fireworks is that we are free, a nation governed by the people for the people. All the hot dogs slathered in condiments and the carefully matching red, white and blue outfits aren’t just holiday paraphernalia; they are gestures that in some way attempt to enact and proclaim the famous dec...

  • Out Our Way: Even Doc gets it wrong - Psalm 5:1-8

    Updated Jul 3, 2020

    Out our way, it is good to have a cow horse who knows his business. I have sometimes given Doc his head and let him deal with some balking units, but even so, sometimes even Doc gets it wrong. That is why i still hold the reins and keep my legs tight and spurs ready. I was reading the psalm as part of my devotions on the subject of conversion and, as I did so, I remembered how often God has needed to pull my head around or give me a kick. I think I am a pretty fair disciple and start congratulating myself on my progress,...

  • Roping Religion: Weather - and learn from - the storms

    Updated Jul 3, 2020

    Many of the ideas and scriptures for this article are from the devotional “God Wants You To Win!” by world champion calf roper Jeff Copenhaver. Matthew 7:24-27 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is li...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Jul 3, 2020

    You know, Lord, on the first day of July, there is a list of some special and wacky days. One special day is Canada Day/Dominion Day, plus National Postal Worker Day. Then, how about a creative Ice Cream Flavor Day. Now that summer is in full swing, we might need something to help us cool off a bit, so how about some creative Ice Cream flavors for today. A friend asked if we were old enough to remember just how many flavors of ice cream there were, and could we name all 28 flavors? She thought that she recalled a place...

  • Legal and financial planning among free July webinars to help Alzheimer's caregivers

    Updated Jul 3, 2020

    Press release A free webinar designed to help families living with Alzheimer’s disease make critical legal and financial decisions is among the series of programs offered at no charge by the Alzheimer’s Association in July. The Alzheimer’s Association provides a wide range of programs and services to the nearly 6 million people in the United States living with Alzheimer’s disease, including 22,000 in Montana, as well as the more than 51, 000 loved ones throughout the state who serve as their unpaid caregivers. The free webina...