Everywhere you look today, it seems like people are being told to take sides. The message is loud and clear: you can either stand firm in what you believe, or you can love people well—but you can’t do both. That tension has divided communities, families, and even churches. But the life of Jesus shows us a better way.

On Oct. 1, 1932, Dutch Mantell’s Labor Day rescue of two stranded hikers from the bottom of Palo Duro Canyon was still the talk of Amarillo.

When we get into an extended drought in the early fall like this, I like to survey my plants to see which ones are the most resilient. This year, the award goes to Cuban oregano.

To the Editor: It never seems to fail that whoever is elected to the White House their picks for positions in the administration are ridiculed. Some deserve the recognition of being less than favorable and others pillars for all of us to rally around.

To the Editor: Some things are too sad for words. Losing Charlie is one of them.

Don’t you just hate being intimidated by a two-year-old? That’s not new to me — I’ve always suspected infants knew things I didn’t. But when they had to tell me how to change their diapers, I knew I was in for a lifetime of feeling inferior to these miniature people.

To the Editor: In a recent issue of The Fayette County Record photos were published of what was described as protests in the Sept. 26, 2025 issue of the paper.

It has been an upsetting month for all of us. Even for one who has served as a pastor for 37 years, a bishop for 18 of them, and is enjoying serving in Fayette County now, it’s difficult to write about these things. Yet we must.

C APITAL Highlights In an operation being called “Lone Star 2.0,” more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants have been arrested by Texas Department of Public Safety officers this year, according to records obtained by The Texas Tribune. As illegal border crossings plunge, state police are shifting their energies toward aiding the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort.

I have always found making a new friend harder than I think it should be. It’s not that I haven’t had friends. I’ve had four or five whom I would think of as best friends at the time I knew them. Four of them have died since then.