Category Archives: Values

First Steps for Little Feet

By | February 9, 2024

[February 9, 2024]  My wife Nancy alerted me to a book titled “First Steps for Little Feet in Gospel Paths,” initially copyrighted in 1882 by Charles Foster.  Her copy is dated 1913 with a handwritten inscription, “To Tommy from Aunt Jane and Uncle Maurice Easter – 1939.”  Nancy wanted to share one of the short stories. I want… Read More »

Take Back Our Border: Texas Truck Convoy

By | January 28, 2024

[January 28, 2024]  A large truck convoy is headed to the Texas border.  U.S. Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) announced earlier this week that truckers will hold a “demonstration along several border routes to protest the wide open [southern] border.”1 between January 29 and February 3.  As expected, radical leftists are criticizing these truckers for being un-American and un-democratic.… Read More »

Texas Says ‘Come and Take It’

By | January 27, 2024

[January 27, 2024]  For all the hoopla surrounding politics, one of the most divisive is the Constitutional crisis we are experiencing at America’s southern border.  President Joe Biden’s unwritten but deliberate policy has allowed unfettered access into our country by illegal aliens.  The Texas governor has finally said that his state has had enough and told the federal… Read More »

Letters to My Granddaughter, No. 50

By | January 21, 2024

[January 21, 2024]  Standing there with my brother Philip, we were mesmerized by the lights, the music, the crowd, and the energy of the Morehouse Parish Cotton Festival – near Bastrop, Louisiana.  Like a county fair anywhere else, the cotton festival brought out everyone from miles around for curiosity, amazement, and almost professional entertainment.  I was amazed.  I’d… Read More »

Blessed Is “The Peacemaker”

By | January 16, 2024

[January 16, 2024]  Today, more than ever, peace and unity are so important because we have an enemy who targets our families and relationships and brings division.  Adversity comes. Disagreements happen.  We have to do whatever we can to stand together.  One of the most powerful ways you can strengthen your relationships is by being a peacemaker. “And… Read More »