Do you appreciate your Pastor? Have you told him, better yet, have you shown him? If you have a Pastor like ours, you have a treasure beyond compare. Counselor, teacher, preacher, prayer warrior, Bible scholar, willing vessel for GOD’s will, and the HOLY SPIRIT anointing…and the list goes on. In our small Church, Pastor Bob […]

As I watched Hurricane Florence pummel North Carolina, it brought back memories of a problem that was much closer to my home. It has been a year since Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc on Houston and other Texas coastal communities. In an area accustomed to dealing with too much rain, Harvey washed away homes, businesses, and

It is raining right now and that is good news! Here in South Texas, we have had a dry summer. The only relief we had was a few showers, separated by weeks with no rain. Dry weather isn’t that unusual in this area, but we normally get enough. I don’t have a sprinkler system installed

As I am writing this story, my wife is out shopping with her youngest sister. They will talk, laugh, have lunch, and do some shopping. That happens a lot since we moved back to the U.S. and retired. This activity is normally on Sunday, after Church with all three sisters. One sister had to work

The news is filled with tributes to Senator John McCain, who passed away after a battle with cancer. He was a war-hero and politician, a bigger-than-life character on the world stage. With a lifetime of service, the many honors paid him are well deserved. John McCain stepped into the limelight when he followed his accomplished