Carl Lance

That Ain’t Right

Most of us have been raised to do right, or at least to know what right is. With wrong actions eventually come consequences that we don’t want. Children know that, but will see how much they can get away with before the consequences kick in. If they get away with something they know is wrong, […]

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Brother Fred

For longer than most can remember, Fred Pierdolla was a prominent member of the La Vernia Community. If you lived there, you saw the sign for his business as you drove into town. He was a bigger-than-life Texas cattleman and more. I met Fred a few times when I lived in La Vernia and would

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Doing Love

What makes a 65 year man old come out to work at the Church on a hot Texas morning? The disabled veteran has his own wife and family to take care of, he recently retired from full-time employment, and he already helps out during services. The Governor recommends that we stay home, to reduce the

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Not Understood!

I’m seeing more and more “quasi Christian” posts on the internet these days. Maybe you don’t recognize them, because you consider it “understood” that it’s Christian, because of where it’s posted or who it’s from? Sadly, that isn’t enough anymore, because fewer and fewer people understand that. They don’t have a frame of reference that

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A Better Deal

Violence continues in major cities across the US and it’s hard to understand. What began with peaceful protests demanding justice and equality has turned into stealing, killing and destruction. The radical ideas I hear repeated have nothing to do with justice or equality. Calls to defund the Police are heard in places where violent anarchists

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