Compassion Ministry

Text by Francesca Taylor My mother used to say, “Soap is soap, and toothpaste is toothpaste; as long as you can get clean and make your breath smell good, does anyone needs to know the difference?” When you think about it, that’s good advice under any circumstance. But I’m learning that it’s true on a whole…

Text by Francesca “Franki” Taylor In her book One Writer’s Beginnings, American short story writer and novelist Eudora Welty wrote: “Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. When their elders sit & begin, children are just waiting and hoping for a story come out, like a mouse from its hole.” The same can…

BEDFORD — they come in all kinds of vehicles. Box trucks, pickups dragging trailers, and even compact cars swarm in the parking lot behind 6 Stones. It’s 8:30 am on a Thursday, and dozens of local nonprofits will rotate through the 6 Stones warehouse in the next few hours. Each of them will take at…

Kristina Rogers, founder of Letters and Marques, assisted with this article. When I sat down with Dorothy Noote, I knew I was in for something unique. A former registered nurse of 45 years turned 6 Stones counselor, she brings a unique energy to every conversation. At “72 years young,” she bubbles over with inner peace…

As local legends go, Steve Lineweaver ranks among the most recognizable figures in our community. His decades-long tenure at Trinity High School brought the district its first (and second, and third) State Championship in football. More importantly, his time as a coach in HEB ISD impacted thousands of young men who looked to him for…

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