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I treasure memories of my dad, Watters Farnum, as a plain-spoken, somewhat uneducated cowboy who spoke grammatically incorrect English...

The news informs us that children, who have been taken from their parents, will sleep in tents at the border. What level of horror must...

Although this article is long, I find it helpful and accurate. First, as to why young people who have DACA haven’t just become citizens:...

If the words “You reap what you sow,” hold any truth, my pale skinned grandchildren will probably face a ‘mell of a hess’. For centuries,...

On a recent Sunday morning, we found the following article, from “A Bigger Table” by John Pavlovitz in our church bulletin. “I really...

As a life-long Texan, I will definitely vote for Beto O’Rourke, a fourth-generation Irish American from El Paso, Texas. As a young boy,...

Beto hopes to provide assistance to teachers and schools by: protecting teacher retirement, eliminating all tax dollars going to private...

Thoughts from September 11, 2001 Seventeen years ago, following the 9/11 attacks, I wrote the following. It is true that our nation will...

Even though Jesus encouraged us to “Consider the lilies of the field,” He did not suggest that we stride stupidly into a lion’s snare....