I’m no Democrat, and given their utter failure to represent their constituents, I shall never again align myself with Republicans. Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez was certainly a Democrat, but one I admired immensely. I was 10 years of age when he was ejected from Camp Warnecke in New Braunfels, Texas in 1955, in keeping with …
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Needed: Men and Women of Integrity
Needed more than ever today, are men and women of integrity, men and women who cannot be bought at any price, men and women with the moral courage to stand alone if necessary, by that which they know to be right. “Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me,” said Job. (1) …
The Lord is Mindful
December 28, 2013 · In the twilight years of her life, my beloved grandmother could not speak of one of her departed little ones, six decades after the loss, without tears streaking down her face. There is, in a cemetery in New Braunfels, a crudely graven headstone, handmade of concrete, over two tiny little graves. …
That which really matters
At the start of the new year, I find myself considering what counsel I can give my beloved children and grandchildren which will be of value to them. In looking to the future, I would remind each one of them that while there are good things, there are also better, and although I pray that …
To tip or not to tip
One of my peeves is to sit in a restaurant with a person who seems to be looking for an excuse not to leave the waitress a tip. As I see it, a waitress is a person who is on her feet for long hours, eager for a moment to sit and rest her feet, …
Where would He have been found?
”Happy Father’s Day to my dad.” So read my ten year old grandson’s post on Father’s Day. Timmy’s father, Timothy Sanders the elder, was killed in a tragic accident a couple of months prior to little Timmy’s birth. As to who the senior Tim Sanders was, the following story illustrates best. My daughter Stephanie met …
Crisis of the heart
I have struggled with this. There is a great humanitarian crisis facing the world today; it is also a crisis of the heart. Paul counseled thus: “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” (Galatians 5:14) God is our Father, and we are His …
In obedience to God’s commands, there is safety
As with my son Chris, and my daughter in law Mary, shown here attending church with their family in the Utah Valley, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is known as a family church, giving heed to the first of God’s commandments, as recorded in Genesis, “And God blessed them, and God …
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A brush with history
I had high entry scores going into the military on the 18th of October 1963, and, after the proper training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, was sent back to Fort Polk, where I was eventually assigned to the Finance Section at post headquarters. My parents, who had prayed much for my safety, were ecstatic. As …
Teach them to pray
We would teach our children how to pray. As we do so, we will find that they take to it quite naturally, instinctively really. After all, prayer amounts to putting into words the deepest longings of the heart. Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles …