The Watchman – Did you see what happened in Israel? Hamas attacked Israel, 1200 people were murdered, thousands wounded, and hundreds were kidnapped. Most of the victims were unarmed men, women, children, and the elderly. They weren’t collateral damage from a military battle but were selected to maximize casualties and fear. Doesn’t that sound like

Touch Not Mine – The horrific attack by Hamas in Israel is hard to comprehend. Terrorists usually limit their targets to preserve some support for their actions, but they didn’t. People normally won’t tolerate attacks against helpless women, children, and the elderly, for no one can justify that kind of slaughter. Apparently, attacking Israelis is

Limited View Last week the pollution was bad in Beijing. It climbed to over 400 AQI, and it looked like a thick fog had settled over the city. From our apartment I could only see a few buildings, with nothing in sight beyond that. If I hadn’t known better, I would have thought that was

I Am a Christian Some people take that statement to mean what I am against, while others see it as a sign of intolerance and hatred. There are too many cases where these are accurate or believed for good reasons. It is heartbreaking to see adversaries choose sides and one or both call themselves Christian.

Planting Grass – We call South Texas home and for many years we owned a house near La Vernia. Our suburban home was located on 1.79 rough acres. The weather in that area is hot and dry and trying to make a nice yard presented several challenges. Our yard had cactus, briers, gopher mounds and