What Dick and Tweety Eastland Meant for Camp Mystic
It’s easy, in reading the news accounts of the horrific drownings of so many young campers in the Hill Country floods, to miss what Camp Mystic has meant to generations of a certain kind of Texas wo...
The Beauty and the Danger of the Guadalupe River
“When the river takes you, don’t fight it,” my parents told me when I was about nine years old. “If it takes you under, focus your effort on holding your breath—it will push you back up.” ...
“Not Floodwaters, Not Loss of Life, Not Catastrophic Storms”
“Pastor, I just need to be reminded: Is God good?” The question came from a man who was delivering terrible news: Dick Eastland, beloved director of Camp Mystic, had not survived the flood that de...