I am no supporter of Donald Trump, but with reluctance have come to the decision that I must vote for him, and not for some third party candidate which would only serve to elect the opposing candidate. My reasons are as follows, simply put, that all might understand. I am a lover of the United …
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The Death of Officer Guadalupe Martinez, SAPD
I was twenty five years old, and in my fourth year with the Austin Police Department that morning in 1971. I was working the day shift, and had stopped my unit on Waller Street just north of E.1st Street, when a truck pulled up behind my unit. I watched in my rear view mirror as …
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How Can I Make a Difference?
Today in a world filled with heart rending scenes of violence upon the innocent, more than ever we need ask ourselves in the soberest tones, “how can I make a difference?” The answer lies in another question, oft repeated in a frivolous manner, but most meaningful if asked with real intent: “what would Jesus do?” …
Enlightenment via District of Columbia vs Heller
We live in a time when the majority of the people of this land have little or no understanding of the Constitution. What they do not understand they cannot appreciate, and are thus in danger of losing precious freedoms granted to them by the God of this land, who is Jesus Christ, even the Author …
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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 …