Why Live There?

     As I heard of another earthquake in Alaska, it made me wonder why people want to live there.  A major earthquake caused millions in damage and killed hundreds of people in 1964 and they have brutally cold winters.  Surely people could move to a place that doesn’t have earthquake threats and a milder climate.  […]

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Planting Shrubs

     I just finished planting shrubs in the front yard of our house.  That was the end of a long process that began months ago.  We had to remove a tree that had grown up too close to the house and when I asked my wife, she told me to remove the overgrown shrubs also. 

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Brother Robert

I heard Pastor Bob describe Brother Robert as the “nicest person” and “everybody liked him” but I love him. I love Brother Robert and his dear wife, Sister Mary! I first met him 25+ years ago, when I became an usher at our Church in La Vernia, and he and his brother Carlos trained me

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That Seat is Taken

When we eat at my favorite bar-B-Q restaurant with our family we need a large table, and I find an open one and hold it for my family. If someone asks for one of the chairs, I say, “That seat is taken” and they understand. If we want to honor a special person and save

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