Those who are planning to attend Sherman’s Arts Fest this weekend might want to stock up on sunscreen and water. Set to take place just days before the meteorological beginning of fall, the yearly celebrations of all things art will be greeted with high temperatures in the low 90s.
As Don’t Worry Darling begins, 1950s housewife Alice Chambers (Florence Pugh) is playing a drinking game with her husband Jack (Harry Styles) and their assorted friends. There are laughs a-plenty at this shindig and, combined with just how passionate the sex life of Alice and Jack is, seems to indicate that everything is blissful in their life living in the company town known as Victory, California. Slowly but surely, though, Chambers begins to feel something is amiss. Maybe it’s some of the words she hears over the radio spoken by Frank (Chris Pine), the leader of this community. Maybe it’s the flashes of weird blackand- white imagery that spark in her head. Maybe it’s the inexplicable plane crash on the outskirts of town that nobody else remembers. Whatever it is, Chambers becomes more and more convinced something is wrong here, despite every nearby man, and even her lady pals, telling her not to worry.
For the past several weeks, I have noticed something gnawing at me. I brushed it off as a temporary glitch until I realized it was not so temporary. Everywhere I went, I was holding a mixed bag of emotions that were fighting against one another.
DENISON - Alpha and Omega Baptist Church will host its 18th pastor and wife’s appreciation at 3 p.m. Sunday.
In September 2001 I was a newly ordained pastor serving as an associate in a church near downtown Dallas. On the evening of 9/11 we hastily organized a prayer service. We all felt angry, confused, worried, vulnerable. We prayed for our country, its leaders, its people. We lifted up emergency workers in New York City, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania. We thought of hundreds of Dallas folks who turned out to donate blood, seeking any way to offer help. A couple of days later, September 14, 2001, our church hosted a prayer service at noon. Obviously I was not in ministry in the days after Pearl Harbor, so I had no idea what to say or do. The Sanctuary was absolutely packed with people from the neighborhood on their lunch hour, many of whom without a church home. I remember walking to that pulpit with a profound feeling of inadequacy. I had no words to explain God’s will in this act of evil. I knew folk were struggling with existential questions of why God would allow such a thing, where was God, what had we done to deserve this. All I could think to offer were psalms of lament, the great tradition of laying out all our hurt and anguish before God in a desperate act of prayer and trust. So I read words from a psalm. And we offered reflective music. And I read more. And there was more music. And somehow it worked, as far as I know.
Dear Abby: My husband was diagnosed with advanced chronic leukemia seven years ago. After two rounds of chemo, he was better for a while but was diagnosed with advanced multiple myeloma a year ago. He has been through almost constant chemo and radiation,
Dear Dr. Roach: I recently had a surgery, and prior to the surgery, my doctor ordered some routine blood tests.
Amherst College professor Dr. Sheila Jaswal will present Austin College’s A.J. Carlson Lecture on Wednesday, September 28, at 5 p.m. in Mabee Hall of the Robert J. and Mary Wright Campus Center. Her lecture will address “Being Human in STEM: Promoting campus equity and inclusion through partnering with students.” A welcome reception will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the same location. Both events are free and open to the public.
Denison High School’s Madilyn Short has been named as one of 16,000 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists for 2022-2023. Madilyn will be competing for one of nearly 7,250 scholarships valued at nearly $28 million that will be offered this year.
PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that work has begun to create an all-way stop at the intersection of State Highways 289 and 56 in Southmayd, Texas, in Grayson County.