Wes Holekamp left Comfort to build a career. Years later, he came home to raise his family in the same Hill Country community that raised him, and found there was still work to be done. There are a lot of ways to measure the distance between Comfort and Fort Worth. On a map, it is … Read more
There are certain words we use so often that they start to lose their edges. “Faithful” is one of them. Most of the time, when we hear the word, our minds go straight to marriage. A faithful husband. A faithful wife. Sometimes we think of church, of being faithful to God, faithful in prayer, faithful … Read more
When Friedrich “Fritz” Holekamp and his young wife, Betty, left Germany in 1844, Kendall County did not exist. Boerne had not been founded, Comfort had not been surveyed, and Sisterdale was still several years in the future. Yet the Holekamp family would eventually become woven into the history of all three communities. Their story is … Read more
The railroad was built through Boerne sometime in 1887. I remember when the train used to come through Boerne every morning at about ten o’clock going north. At the depot, which was located at the east end of Theissen Street, there was an arm that extended out and the crew would attach a mailbag to … Read more
In the fall of 1986, the home side of Greyhound Stadium was what is now the visitor side. It was simple back then. No video board, no seven-room press box, no instant replay. Just Friday night lights, wooden bleachers, and a community that loved its Greyhounds. There was also a wooden press box that had … Read more
I smoke a cigar a day, as it is part of my “calming” routine. Sometimes that smoke is on the way to a meeting, getting on a video conference, or after a long and exhausting day of being me. If you know me or follow my social media, then you know exactly how much truth … Read more
In 20 days, my son Hunter and I will make our way across the great plains of Northwest Texas, through the high desert of New Mexico, and toward the northern reaches of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains near the Wyoming border. For the past several weeks, I have collected the gear and necessities required to camp in … Read more
Kendall County EMS paramedic Pete Macias on military medicine, compassionate care, and answering the call For Kendall County EMS paramedic Pedro “Pete” Macias, some of the most important moments in emergency medicine begin when a patient is frightened, vulnerable, and unable to advocate for himself. During a recent call involving a patient with developmental disabilities, … Read more
Why the most effective leaders listen twice as much as they speak Leadership Begins with Restraint Leadership is often associated with speaking: casting vision, giving direction, making decisions, and rallying people around a goal, a plan, or an objective. Yet many of the most consequential leadership moments begin not with a statement, but with a … Read more
School is back in session for the youth in our community. Many adults take continuing education courses to maintain their licenses. I signed up for a whiskey course as something fun to do the first time. It ended up building my confidence and showed me that I did know quite a bit about whiskey and … Read more