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I finally met God in person this past Sunday. In the Bellbrook, Ohio, Presbyterian Church. In the Flesh. Eye to eye. Face to Face. God is beautiful. Handsome. Young. Old. Less handsome. Male. Female. Strong. Worn out. Hopeful. Weakened. Love. Attentive. Silent. Verbal. Tall. Short. In tune. Harmonious. Off key. Chinese. American. Black. White. A kid. An adult. God hinted to me 58 years ago that He was up to something good. He hinted to me through The Rev. Organ, his wife, the steeple that reached high into the sky majestically, the well-kept lawn and trimmed to perfection hedges, the perfectly laid bricks and stone in the red brick building built in 1890, and the calming order it brought daily into my young life. I have wondered for 58 years from the outside what God looked like as I knew He lived inside that building. My Bellbrook High School English teacher Sharon Berryhill invited me last Saturday night at the 1972 Bellbrook High 50th Reunion Dinner to worship with her and her husband Coach Berryhill Sunday morning at their Presbyterian Church.

Jeff Comer took his first chief executive officer job at Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia in 2001. Comer left Parkview to experience larger roles, but he’s back after more than 20 years.

Limestone County Judge Richard Duncan shared some good news for the county on Tuesday, Sept. 27, during what was otherwise an uneventful Commissioners Court meeting. “As y’all may or may not know, I signed a contract with the U.S. Marshals Service to increase our population at the Limestone County Detention Center,” Duncan said. “The contract was for a minimum of 150 new inmates from the Cherokee Nation just north of Tulsa, Oklahoma. That 150 is probably going to get closer to 200 or 250 inmates, and what that means for Limestone County is an additional $1.50 per inmate per day, which will be close to between $10,000 and $12,000 a month. Let me tip my hat to all of y’all who made the smart decision in my opinion to sell that facility when we did.”