When you see the name “Suess” what’s the first thing you think of? I’m betting it’s green eggs and ham, the Grinch, or the Cat in the Hat. Take a look at that name again, though. The fellow you’re taking about is Dr. Seuss (spelled slightly differently)! In late 1876, the Rev. Simon Suess arrived …
Earlier this week I wrote about the history of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church at Wuthrich Hill, which was formed when St. James’ Lutheran Church at Wuthrich Hill and St. John’s Lutheran Church of New Bern merged in 1947. St. John’s Lutheran Church was organized in 1892 by folks from the New Bern and Sandoval …
If you’re driving along FM 112 east of Taylor, if you blink at the wrong time you might miss the tiny community of Noack. The little town did have a post office for a time starting in 1902 (at that time it received the name it has now; prior to that it was known as …
“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little…” Read More »
On February 13, 1855, Pastor Johann (or John or Jan) Kilian must have felt as if things were looking up. The long voyage from Lusatia to Texas that claimed the lives of many of his fellow immigrants was not yet a distant memory, but it was now several months in the past. So was the …
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church is situated on top of Wuthrich Hill just a few miles east of Taylor, Texas (and a few miles north of US 79). It can be seen for some distance from any approach. It looks like it just belongs there. But… the building hasn’t always been at that location, and …
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ― Winston S. Churchill It took me a long time– WAY too long– to realize that if I wasn’t trying things and failing (and trying again), I wasn’t learning. I somehow expected myself to know how to do everything …
“You can take a big step or a small step, just take a step, whatever you can do, and take it now” – Zig Ziglar When we look back on history, sometimes we have a tendency to think that the outcomes that we see were the product of some grand design at the front end …
